5 ICC World Cup matches in Ahmedabad, BnBs, hotels look to make a fortune
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The hospitality industry might see its best boom post-Covid with Ahmedabad expected to be flooded with cricket fans, as it hosts five of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 matches beginning next month.While hotels have increased their room tariffs up to 10 fold, even the Airbnb website shows rates for properties as high as 20-fold for October 14 when India plays Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera.
For instance, an apartment hosted on the Airbnb website claiming to be “250 m” from the stadium is listed as “Motera cricket stadium home furnished 6 bed-2 BHK”, available for Rs 81,000 a night.
Rishav Poddar, one of the hosts on the website offering a “weekend getaway living on the periphery of Ahmedabad”, told The Indian Express that he is...