Asia Pacific Hotel Construction Up 27% in July 2019
STR's hotel pipeline data for the Asia Pacific region shows 2,109 projects accounting for 470,650 rooms in construction as of July 2019.
This represents a 27.0% year-on-year increase in the number of rooms in the final phase of the development pipeline.
A majority of the region's rooms in construction are in three segments. Of those three, upper midscale projects represented the largest percentage increase (+41.9%) in activity year over year.
- Upscale: 123,692 rooms (+23.2%)
- Upper Midscale: 112,400 rooms (+47.6%)
- Upper Upscale: 102,043 rooms (+14.1%)
Five countries reported more than 20,000 rooms under construction. China led with 244,233 rooms, which represented 9.4% of the country's existing supply, followed by Japan (43,012 rooms, 6.3% of existing supply).
- China: 244,233 rooms (9.4%)
- Japan: 43,012 rooms (6.3%)
- Vietnam: 29,625 rooms (29.4%)
- Indonesia: 26,694 rooms (7.3%)
- India: 24,801 rooms (8.4%)
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