Olympic fever is pushing up the cost of travel to South America as a one-week travel package to South America increased to about RMB60,000, compared to an average normal price range of RMB30,000 to RMB40,000.

由于奥运热正推高赴南美旅游的成本，所以现在南美7日游套餐价格已涨至约6万元，而相比之下正常均价仅为3-4万元。

According to several Chinese travel agencies, the number of tourists to South America in August is up 30 to 40 percent, year on year.

国内多家旅行社称，8月赴南美的游客数量同比增长了三四成。

Round-trip airline tickets to Brazil from major cities in China grew to 35,000 yuan from 25,000 yuan, due to the heavy traffic and lack of flights.

由于交通繁忙及缺少航班，中国主要城市到巴西的往返机票价格从2.5万元涨至3.5万元。

Statistics¹ from Mafengwo showed that some five-star hotels in the center of Rio have long been booked out, while prices at four-star hotels surged².

根据蚂蜂窝旅游网的数据统计显示，里约中心的一些五星级酒店早已被预订一空，而四星酒店的价格也在飙升。

In Rio's Zona Sul area and beach area, where luxury hotels cluster³, prices range from $120 to $800 per night; the price of economy hotels ranges from $50 to $100 per night.

在遍布豪华酒店的里约南区和海滩区，每晚的住宿价格从120到800美元不等；经济型酒店每晚的价格也要50到100美元。

According to Zheng Hanqing, who is in charge of South American travel at travel agency Tuniu Corp, some travel packages amounted to more than 100,000 yuan.

在途牛旅行社负责南美旅游的郑翰卿表示，一些旅行套餐的费用已经超过了10万元。

China's sports tourism is growing as the attention on this market expands. Olympic Games, the World Cup and NBA are among the top choices for Chinese tourists.

随着对体育旅游市场关注的加大，中国体育旅游业也在快速发展。奥运会、世界杯和NBA都是中国游客的首选。

"As a new industry, sports tourism at the moment offers basic products that combine game-watching and sightseeing," said a person in charge with Ctrip.com International Ltd. "However, some in-depth products are emerging⁴, which allow visitors to watch athletes training and visit locker rooms and honors room. It's the trend for sports tourism in the future."

携程国际有限公司的一名负责人表示：“作为一项新产业，目前体育旅游提供了结合观看比赛和观光的基本产品。不过，一些深度旅游产品，如允许游客前往观看运动员训练、参观更衣室和荣誉室也正在逐步出现。这是未来体育旅游的发展趋势。”