Tens of thousands of tourists could find themselves without a bed in Beijing when the city hosts the 2008 summer Olympics, Shanghai Daily reports.

The Chinese capital would be around 2.2 million hotel beds short of projected demand during the entire Games, Xinhua news agency said.

To fill the gap, a tourism promotion conference would be held next April to attract international hotels and travel agencies to improve and expand accommodation, it said. They could help to improve the services and the manage-ment of mid- and small-sized hotels in Beijing, an official with the Beijing tourism bureau said.