�When the Olympics are on, normal tourists are scared away because cities are perceived as expensive

With some hotels having set room rates at three times the standard levels in anticipation of the Games, many properties are facing low occupancy during what was expected to be a boom period for the UK capital.
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According to the newspaper, hotel bookings in the city are down by around 35 percent over last year, with visitors from traditionally strong long-haul markets like the US, Australia and Japan, turning their backs on London in favor of other European destinations.
�When the Olympics are on, normal tourists are scared away because cities are perceived as expensive and too difficult to deal with, said Tom Jenkins, executive director of the European Tour Operators' los angeles county clerk of courts Association, whose own survey last November showed that advance bookings for the Olympics period were down 90 percent compared with last year.
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