Dubai has received 9.58 million international visitors during the first seven months of this year, a growth of 3.57%, according to the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM).

By the end of July, the number of hotel rooms had risen to more than 118,000, while Europe was ranked first in the list of top tourist destinations for the emirate.

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In detail, data from the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai showed that the emirate received 9.58 million international visitors during the first seven months of this year, compared with 9.25 million visitors in the same period last year, a growth of 3.57%.

The number of hotel rooms at the end of July 2019 increased to 118,209 rooms, compared to 111,332 rooms at the end of July 2018, representing a growth of 6.18%.

The number of hotel establishments in Dubai rose to 711 by the end of July, compared to 700 in the same month of 2018, an increase of 1.57%, while the total number of hotel nights reached 18.09 million nights, compared to 17.24 million nights, a growth of 4.93% While the average occupancy of hotel rooms reached 74% during the period between January and July of this year, while the average price of hotel rooms was 442 dirhams, bringing the average return on rooms to 313 dirhams.

India tops

According to the data, India ranked first, as the largest export markets for visitors to Dubai, during the period between January and July of this year, registering 1.23 million visitors, followed by Saudi Arabia with a total of 924 thousand visitors, while the United Kingdom ranked third, with 667 thousand visitors, while reaching The total number of visitors from Oman and China is 602, and 575 thousand visitors each respectively.

The Sultanate of Oman and the Philippines recorded the highest growth in terms of the number of visitors to Dubai, between January and July this year, compared to the same period last year, among the top 20 markets exporting visitors to the emirate, followed by the Nigerian market by 28%, and Kazakh by 26% , And the French market by 10%.

European market

With regard to the source of visitors by geographical region, «Dubai Tourism» data showed that the European market ranked first in the list of the largest markets, during the first seven months of this year, after accounting for 21% of the total number, followed by the GCC 19%, South Asia 16%, North and Southeast Asia 12%, and the Middle East 10%. Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Eastern Europe accounted for 9%, America 6%, and Africa 5%, compared to 2% for Australia.

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One thousand hotel rooms in Dubai, by the end of July.