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Hotels feel the pinch

May 08, 2008
By Marge Tubalkain-Trell

EMPTY SPACES: Tallinn’s hotels have added nearly a thousand new beds over the past year and are now suffering from a downfall in tourism.

Tallinn - Managers of some of the country’s top hotels have admitted they are facing hard times due to higher competitiveness and falling demand. Tallinn has seen a huge increase in hotel rooms in anticipation of extra tourist traffic. Now the global economic downturn has meant the crowds are not coming. “Things have gotten more competitive. There are 200 beds in our hotel and there must be at least 200 people wanting to stay in a hotel. The thing is how to bring them here?” said Kaido ...

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