For the European 2012 Football Championship, hotel prices in the event’s host countries have experienced rapid increases compared to this time last year. The Polish cities of Gdansk (146 pounds) and Posen (147 pounds) are experiencing the greatest price increases – up 93% and 117% respectively – as well as Donetsk, Ukraine, (185 pounds) up 125%.
Coincidently, many Southern European destinations are reporting significant price decreases this June. Thirty of the fifty European cities listed in the tHPI are experiencing prices reductions for an overnight stay in a standard double room compared to May prices. Especially in the south, travellers are paying less : In Granada, Spain, prices have dropped 18% (69 pounds), in Lisbon (81 pounds) the cost of one night is seven percent less—while in Madrid (84 pounds) and Barcelona (117 pounds) prices have dropped nearly nine percent. In Athens (73 pounds) and Budapest (70 pounds), prices are also falling by six and seven percent compared to last month, while hoteliers in Istanbul are charging 115 pounds on average (down 8%). In the Italian cities of Turin (91 pounds, down 16%), Milan (116 pounds, down 7%) and Rome (130 pounds, down 6%), prices have fallen compared to last month.
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Consultez la source sur Veille info tourisme: En Europe une nuitée coûte 105 livres en moyenne In Europe an overnight stay costs 105 pounds on average