Dubai receives 13.5 million international visitors in 10 months

The Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai reported that the emirate received 13.5 million international visitors during the first 10 months of this year, with a growth rate of 4.81%, equivalent to 1.35 million visitors per month.

According to data, «Emirates Today» obtained a copy of it, the number of hotel rooms increased by the end of last October, to reach more than 122 thousand rooms, while Europe ranked first in the list of the largest geographical regions exported to tourists to the emirate, with an acquisition rate of 20%.

In detail, data for the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai showed that the emirate received 13.5 million international visitors during the first 10 months of this year, equivalent to 1.35 million visitors per month, compared to 12.88 million visitors in the same period last year, with a growth rate of 4.81% .

The department’s data indicated that the number of hotel rooms increased by the end of October 2019, reaching 122,185 rooms, compared to 113,509 rooms by the end of October 2018, representing 7.64% growth.

The number of hotel establishments in Dubai increased by the end of last October, to 724 establishments, compared to 708 establishments at the end of the same month of 2018, an increase of about 2.26%, while the total number of hotel nights reached 26.01 million nights, compared to 24.49 million nights, with a growth rate of 6.21 %.

The average occupancy of hotel rooms reached 74% during the period between January and July this year, while the average price of hotel rooms reached 400 dirhams, bringing the average return on rooms to 295 dirhams.

According to the data, India ranked first, as the largest export market for visitors to Dubai, between January and October this year, recording 1.58 million visitors, followed by Saudi Arabia with a total of 1.34 million visitors, while the United Kingdom ranked third, recording 979 thousand visitors, while it reached The total number of visitors from the Sultanate of Oman and China is 849 thousand and 807 thousand visitors each, respectively, in the fourth and fifth places.

Nigeria and the Sultanate of Oman recorded the highest growth rate in terms of the number of visitors to Dubai, between January and October of this year, by 34 and 27% each, respectively, in the list of the top 20 markets that export visitors to the emirate, followed by the Philippine market with 26%, and the Kazakh By 24%, and the French and Chinese markets by 14 and 10%, each, respectively.

With regard to the source of visitors by geographical region, data of «Dubai Tourism» showed that the European market ranked first in the list of the largest markets, during the first 10 months of this year, after having acquired 20% of the total number, followed by the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council with 19%, South Asia by 17%, then North and Southeast Asia by 12%, and the Middle East by 10%. The share of Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern Europe was 8%, and America at 6%, while the African continent accounted for 6%, compared to 2% for the Australian continent.