If you are thinking of traveling to China to watch the Olympics, here is some good news for your: There are plenty of rooms available for the upcoming Olympics in Beijing, with domestic visitors being counted on to make up for an apparent absence of foreign guests.

According to Yahoo News:

Xiong Yuemi, deputy director of the Beijing Tourism Bureau, said Tuesday that 45.5 percent of Beijing’s four-star hotel rooms were booked for the Olympic period. Bookings in hotels with three-star ratings or below were also under 50 percent, though Xiong didn’t offer specific numbers.

She declined to tie the vacant rooms to new visa controls and bad publicity surrounding the games, which open in 3 1/2 weeks. The games are supposed to showcase a new China, but they are also exposing facets of the authoritarian state that has run the country for almost six decades.

This could be the perfect time to get good rooms and good rates to top hotels such as Hilton Head rentals, Sheraton, Holiday Inn, etc. It is still pretty tough for Americans to travel knowing that the dollar is still on the decline and the economy is just not that good this summer