Dubai welcomed 15 million international visitors during the first 11 months of this year, with a growth rate of about 5% compared to the same period last year, after last November alone recorded about 1.5 million visitors.

According to data issued by the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai, and «Emirates Today» obtained a copy of it, the number of hotel rooms in Dubai increased by the end of last November, to reach more than 124 thousand rooms, while Europe ranked first in the list of the largest geographical areas exported to tourists to The emirate, with a 20% acquisition.

1.36 million visitors monthly

In detail, data for the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai «Dubai Tourism», showed that the emirate received 15 million international visitors during the first 11 months of this year, equivalent to 1.36 million visitors per month, compared to 14.3 million visitors received by the emirate in the same period last year , With a growth rate of about 5%.

The data showed that Dubai received, during the past month alone, about 1.5 million international visitors, noting at the same time that the number of hotel rooms increased by the end of November 2019, to reach 124,409 rooms, compared to 114,378 rooms by the end of November 2018, representing a growth of 8.77 %.

Hotel establishments

According to statistics, the number of hotel establishments in Dubai increased by the end of last November, to 732 establishments, compared to 709 establishments at the end of the same month last year, an increase of about 3.24%, while the total number of hotel nights reached 29.1 million nights, compared to 27.33 million nights, With a growth rate of 6.48%.

She indicated that the average occupancy of hotel rooms reached 75% during the period between January and November of this year, while the average price of hotel rooms reached 405 dirhams, bringing the average return on rooms to 303 dirhams.

Export markets

According to the data of «Dubai Tourism», India ranked first as the largest export market for visitors to Dubai, between January and November 2019, recording 1.76 million visitors, followed by Saudi Arabia with a total of 1.44 million visitors, while the United Kingdom ranked third, recording 1.08 million visitors , While the total number of visitors from the Sultanate of Oman and China reached 941 thousand and 895 thousand visitors each, respectively, in the fourth and fifth places.

Geographical area

With regard to the source of visitors by geographic region, data «Dubai Tourism» showed that the European market ranked first in the list of the largest markets during the first 11 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 16%, 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 9%, and America at 6%, while the African continent accounted for 6%, compared to 2% for the Australian continent.

The highest growth in number of visitors

Nigeria and the Sultanate of Oman recorded the highest growth rate in terms of the number of visitors to Dubai, during the first 11 months of this year, and by 35 and 25% each, respectively, in the list of the top 20 markets that export visitors to the emirate, followed by the Philippine market by 24%, and the Kazakh by 23%, and the Chinese and French markets at 15 and 10%, respectively.

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One million international visitors

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Dubai during the months

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