So few rooms are being taken up that hotels now gauge occupancy not by percentage, but by room numbers.
Tourist arrival figures slow to a daily average of 3,000 in the middle of February from that of 100,000 last month and 200,000 in February last year.
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Hong Kong hotels facing ‘life and death’ struggle as tourist arrivals drop
occupy (FILL)
verb [T]
1 to fill, exist in, or use a place or period of time:
The bathroom's occupied - I think John's in there.
The rest of the time was occupied with writing a report.
The house hasn't been occupied (= lived in) by anyone for a few months.
FORMAL A large picture of the battle of Waterloo occupied the space above the fireplace.
2 to keep someone busy or interested:
[R] On long car journeys I occupy myself with solving maths puzzles.
All the new toys kept the kids occupied for hours.
occupancy
Noun [U] FORMAL
someone's use of a room or building for the purposes of living or working:
The family's occupancy of the apartment lasted only six months.
occupant
noun [C] FORMAL
1 a person who lives or works in a room or building:
The previous occupants were an Italian family.
2 a person who is in a car, room, seat, place or position:
One of the occupants of the car was slightly injured.
occupier
noun [C] UK
someone who lives or works in a room or building:
The envelope was simply addressed to 'The Occupier'.
represent (ACT FOR) Show phoneticsverb [T]
1 to speak, act or be present officially for another person or people:
They chose a famous barrister to represent them in court.
Union officials representing the teachers met the government today.
Women were well/poorly represented at the conference (= there were many/few present).
2 to be the Member of Parliament, or of Congress, etc. for a particular area:
Mr Smythe represents Barnet.
3 FORMAL to express or complain about something, to a person in authority:
We represented our grievances/demands to the boss.
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