BEIJING -- There are still plenty of hotel rooms available for the Beijing Olympics.

Director of Beijing's Tourism Bureau Zhang Huiguang says the crunch that was predicted doesn't seem to be happening.

She said about 500,000 foreigners are expected for the games, a figure Beijing officials have long been predicting.

She said only 77 percent of capacity at Beijing's five-star hotels have been booked during the Aug. 8-24 Olympic Games, and the four-star hotel rate is only 44 percent. And it's even lower for threeand two-stars.

One reason could be China's crackdown on visa procedures, targeting students and others on short-term stays who might be activists intent on protesting during the Olympics.