It is logical that five-star hotels fill up the fastest because there are the fewest of them in Belgrade, Miodrag Popović, director of the Belgrade Tourist Organization, told "Vreme" and added that the capital city needs to increase its high-category accommodation capacities.
According to data from the Tourist Organization of Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia is visited by 1.400.000 foreigners annually. They find accommodation in one of the 120 Hotel, as well as in apartment accommodation, apartments for rent. Five-star hotels are among the first to fill up, because there are still such hotels in Belgrade bad.
"It is not possible to generalize which hotels are filled the most, but the occupancy is high, and we do not have many high-category hotels, so it is logical that their occupancy is high," Miodrag Popović, director of the Belgrade Tourism Organization, told Vreme.
Of the 120 hotels in Belgrade, only four are five-star hotels. The capital of Serbia does not have the conditions for guests looking exclusively for luxury tourism, and the demand exists.
"We hope that two more five-star hotels will open soon, but I must emphasize that we also have some apart hotels that could be characterized as luxurious", explains Popović and adds that the categorization of accommodation facilities in Serbia is extremely strict, and that many guests comment that Belgrade's four-star hotels are extremely good, often better than in some other destinations.
Apart from high-category hotels, says Popović, Belgrade also lacks one- or two-star hotels, although they are replaced by apartments and rooms for rent, of which there are more and more. Belgrade is a destination for the whole year and the number of foreign guests is increasing.
Big events fill hotels
In one of the most luxurious hotels in Belgrade, the reception is crowded, it says RTS.
"Just last week there was the Construction Fair, the European Boxing Championships and you have some other events that generally fill up hotel rooms." Serbia is doing its job and a very large number of guests are coming. We are not yet a worn-out destination and people are coming to see something new, preparations are starting for the EXPO that is coming to us in 2027, so that will bring even more guests," says the director of the Hilton Hotel, Aleksandar Vasilijević.
Events that attract business people are also what fill up the high-category hotel capacities the most, as well as international sports events, concerts and similar events.
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