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According to statistics compiled by of hotel occupancy in Buffalo and Erie County wasoff 11.1 percentr in April — falling to 58.3 percent last montgh from 65.5 percent in Apri 2008. For the year-to-date, hotel occupancy through April wasoff 9.8 percentt in Buffalo and Erie County, droppinh to 53.6 percent from 59.4 Buffalo, however, still fared better than Rochester and Niagara Falls and was ahead slightly of national occupancyt averages. Rochester saw its Aprio hotel occupancy numbersdecline 10.9 percentt to 50.6 percent from 56.7 For the year-to-date, Rochester’s hotel occupancy is off 11.2 perceny to 44.4 percent from 50 percent. Niagara Falls reporteed a 10.
9 percent drop in hotel occupancy, falling from 44.3 percent last April to 39.5 percenf this year. For the first four months of the occupancy wasdown 17.9 percent in Niagarw Falls, going to 29 percent this year from 35.3 perceny last year. Nationally, hotel occupancy was down 11.1 percenft in April, down to 56.4 percent last month from 63.5 percenf in April 2008. For the hotel occupancy was off11 percent, falling from to 52.6 perceny this year from 59.1 percent for the first four monthas of last year.