Hotel occupancy surpasses 95% — MercoPress

Rio de Janeiro Carnival: Hotel occupancy surpasses 95%

HotéisRIO, the Cidade Maravilhosa’s hotel owners’ association, forecast that hotel occupancy during this year’s Carnival festivities reached 95.51%, a substantial increase from last year’s 80.18%, presumably due to Carnival taking place in March this year, which lures more visitors to the city, Agencia Brasil reported. The survey covers the period from March 1 to 4 as Rio’s Carnival has grown…