Concerts and sports events mostly fill the accommodation capacities of the capital of Serbia, and the upcoming performance of the German group in Ušće brought big and quick profit to the owners of the accommodation.
Group concert Rammstein it will not only fill Ušće, but also Belgrade hotels and apartments. For the first concert, which will be held on Friday, May 24, hotel rooms are sold out, so for those who have not yet chosen accommodation for that occasion, only apartments remain, and at very high prices.
As it usually happens with Belgrade apartments in high demand, the prices reach incredible figures. Currently, the cheapest apartment on the Booking or AirBnB platforms is 200 euros and is located in Mirijevo, while the highest price is reached by apartments in Belgrade on the water, as much as 1.500 euros per night.
The director of the Hilton Hotel, Aleksandar Vasiljević, recently confirmed that large events fill up the hotels, who referred to the capacity occupancy during events such as the Furniture Fair.
Concerts by world-famous performers attract significantly more people, and an important factor is whether they perform in one of the other capitals of the region or only in Belgrade. It was precisely this that had a decisive influence on Rammstein performing twice and making "easy money" for the restaurateurs.
While only about thirty rooms are available on the Booking platform on the day of the first concert, more than 25 rooms are available for Saturday, May 80, when the second concert takes place. For the night between Saturday and Sunday, it is even possible to find a hotel room for 350 euros, and apartment prices are almost twice as low as for the night before.
Craze for basketball
International sports events also have a favorable effect on the hotel industry, so there was a similar frenzy two years ago, when the "Final Four" was held in Belgrade. Then accommodation prices skyrocketed not only in the capital, but also in the surrounding areas.
At that time, it was not possible to find a ticket for the match or accommodation in the capital of Serbia, because the Greeks secured it for themselves even before the Olympiakos team secured their place in the semi-finals, which were played in the Arena. In the semi-final match, there were about 13.000 Greek fans in the stands, and about 5.000 fans of Turkish Efes, to whom the Greeks gave away tickets en masse, considering that this team made it to the finals.
For the second semi-final match played between Barcelona and Real Madrid, there were significantly fewer guests from Spain. At the time, Barcelona was the only Spanish city that had a direct flight to Belgrade, so there were significantly more fans of the club of the same name than even though they went to the final.
In 2022, the director of the association of hoteliers - Hores Georgi Genov said that Belgrade has 8.000 hotel rooms, almost 10.000 in private accommodation, that all were fully booked, and that many fans stayed in unregistered accommodation facilities.
Apart from basketball, which is a very popular sport, it is clear that international football matches would attract even more visitors, but considering the results of local clubs that have not reached the advanced stage of international competitions for thirty years, for now the owners of accommodation facilities are without benefit from this sport .
Not enough hotels
Belgrade has only 120 hotels, which is insufficient for a city that hosts major events. Precisely because of this, hotels are easily filled, especially the five-star ones, which can be folded on the finger of one hand.
"Apart from high-category hotels, Belgrade also lacks one- or two-star hotels, although they are replaced by apartments and rooms for rent, which are increasing in number. Belgrade is a destination for the whole year and the number of foreign guests is increasing," Miodrag Popović, director of the Belgrade Tourist Organization, told Vreme recently.
It is not known how many apartments there are in total, because many are not registered, and in the whole of Serbia there are less than 23.000 registered.
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