Domestic hotel operator Cosmos Hotel & Resorts Group (天成飯店集團) yesterday said its business has recovered almost to pre-pandemic levels and might continue to improve, as people resume social gatherings and vacations.
The group, which operates Cosmos Taipei (台北天成大飯店) near Taipei Railway Station, Taipei Garden Hotel (台北花園大酒店) near Ximen MRT Station, Sun Dialogue Hotel (繪日之丘) in Chiayi City and Grand Cosmos Resort Ruisui (瑞穗天合) in Hualien County, has rapidly emerged from the pandemic restrictions, similar to its peers.
“Room occupancy rates, and food and beverage sales have returned almost to pre-pandemic levels,” marketing and communications head Blithe Chao (趙芝綺) said.
Photo: Wang Yi-hung, Taipei Times
However, the number of Japanese travelers is still below the levels before the pandemic began in 2020, she said.
The number of foreign tourists visiting Taiwan reached 2.7 million in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 2 million from the same period last year.
Japanese and South Korean travelers accounted for most of the visitors, government data showed.
The average room occupancy rate at the nation’s tourist hotels was 56.41 percent, an annual increase of 15 percent, while daily room rates rose 12.83 percent to NT$4,775, the Tourism Bureau said.
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