At last count the city of Rio de Janeiro had 256 hotels including those from 1 to 5 stars, motels and apart-hotels; more than 21.000 rooms in total.

Of these, 13 hotels (4,759 rooms) were classified as 5-stars by the Brazilian Tourist Board; 41 (3,689 rooms) as 4-stars; and 60 (4,444 rooms) as 3-stars and the others with 8,495 rooms.