Although soaring room rates and living expenses--the second highest in Asia next to Tokyo's--have frightened away many tourists, demand at the hotels remains strong, and rooms are often hard to come by.
在亞洲僅次於東京的高房價、高消費，雖然嚇到不少觀光客，但是，國際級的觀光旅館行情依然看俏，在求過於供的情況下，經常是一房難求。