With progress in the construction of new hotels, the city of Rio de Janeiro will reach the critical number of hotel beds needed for the Olympic Games, which will take place in August 2016. The 48,000 beds deemed necessary for the sports event will be attained by the end of this year.
The Grand Hyatt is one of the hotels being constructed in Barra da Tijuca, photo by Divulgação.
For a long time, one of the fears of hosting the Olympic Games in Rio was the lack of hotel beds in the city. Therefore, with the successful bid for the Games numerous new hotel licenses were granted and construction started soon after.
Yet, many feared that the critical number would not be reached in time, as delays in the construction business are common.
However, at this moment, Rio de Janeiro has around 34,000 hotel beds available and in 2015 alone, around 15,000 hotel beds will be added to this inventory. Of those over 10,500 are being constructed in Barra da Tijuca, the main location of the Olympic Games.
In 2010, the number of beds in accommodations in Rio had been at 31,700 and in 2016 it is to reach around 51,100 beds. Almost 37,000 of these beds will be in hotels, while around 14,000 are in alternative lodging, such as hostels, guesthouses and motels. Between 2010 and 2016 seventy new hotels were granted, among them seven five stars hotels and 25 four stars.
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With progress in the construction of new hotels, the city of Rio de
Janeiro "will reach the critical number of hotel beds needed for the
Olympic Games," according to Lisa Flueckiger of the RIO TIMES. The 48,000 beds
deemed necessary for the sports event "will be attained by the end of
this year." Many feared that "the critical number would not be reached in time, as delays in the construction business are common." However, at this moment, Rio de Janeiro "has around 34,000 hotel beds
available and in 2015 alone, around 15,000 hotel beds will be added to
this inventory." Of those, more than 10,500 "are being constructed in Barra da Tijuca, the main location of the Olympic Games." In '16 Rio "is to reach around 51,100 beds." Almost 37,000 of
these beds "will be in hotels, while around 14,000 are in alternative
lodging, such as hostels, guesthouses and motels." Between '10 and '16 70 new hotels "were granted," among them seven five star hotels and
25 four stars (
RIO TIMES, 3/11).
