Sofia is third in the world in growth of prices of hotels in the third quarter, a survey among 68 000 hotels 12 500 destinations. Most poevtineli hotel nights in Las Vegas, where they decreased by 25 percent to a September 2007 - September 2008 In our hotel prices have increased by 13 percent annually - to an average level of € 92 per night. In September last year the average price per night in a hotel in Sofia was 81 euros.

The prince on the rise in ranking is Abu Dhabi where hotels have made an increase of 18 percent to 129 euros for the night, followed by those in the Polish capital Warsaw with a growth of 14 percent to 106 euros a night.

Prices of accommodation in the Bulgarian capital is on the fifty-fourth among the 67 leading cities. After our stay in the top Chinese capital Beijing with 91 euros per night, Hungary - Budapest with 88 euros, the French port city of Marseille, where prices are on average 87 euros, 86 euros in Bilbao, Prague and Kuala Lumpur with 84 euros, Shanghai - € 81, € 79 with Tallinn.

In the bottom of the list are 76 euros in Riga, Vilnius with 75 euros and Las Vegas with 74 euros. In the last three destinations observed decrease in the prices of hotels.

In the top three price collapse - except Las Vegas, and Edinburgh are the Icelandic capital Reykjavik on 20 percent, and St. Petersburg - with 18 percent. Significantly decreased overnight stays registered in London, where the survey reported a fall of 13%.

The most expensive hotels in the world during the third quarter remained in Moscow with an average price of 259 euros a night. Russian capital is followed by the European Center of the Monte Carlo casino with 237 euros and New York with 219 euros.

Overall average price of hotels in Europe has registered a minimum increase of 2 percent in the third quarter on an annual basis in North America has decreased by 5 percent and in Asia has remained unchanged.

In a study of Swiss bank UBS in June this year, Sofia was ranked 55 th place in a general dearth of 77 cities, most of European capitals. According to the UBS most expensive city in the world is London, the cheapest and Kuala Lumpur.
 
For purposes of comparison, New York has a value of 100 points. Sofia has a value of 52.8 points, which means that in the Bulgarian capital is nearly 50 percent more cheaply to New York. YuBiEs use of a basket of 122 consumer goods and services, including rental costs for comparing the cost of living. The most expensive cities in the world are London, Oslo, Dublin and Copenhagen with the price index of 120.2, 112.3, 105.2 and 102.6 points. London is 4 times more expensive city to Kuala Lumpur, which is the price index of 31 points. Bucharest, Bratislava and Sofia occupy respectively 53, 54 and 55 th place at the level of prices.