They recorded 9.47 million overnight stays... and 63% hotel occupancy rate الفندق

Dubai receives 1.67 million international tourists in 4 months

  • The length of stay for guests increased to 5.1 hotel nights between January and April 2021. Archive

  • The occupancy rate of hotels in the emirate recorded 63% during the first 4 months of 2021. Archive

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Data from the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai (Dubai Tourism) revealed that the emirate received 1.67 million international tourists during the first four months of this year, at a time when the total number of hotel rooms in Dubai, by the end of April 2021, reached more than 128,000 rooms within 714 hotel establishments.

According to data obtained by "Emirates Today", the period of stay of guests increased to 5.1 hotel nights during the period between January and April 2021, while the number of overnight stays (reserved rooms) reached 9.47 million overnights, compared to 8.35 million nights in the corresponding period of the year. The occupancy rate in all hotel establishments in the emirate during the first four months of this year was 63%.

visitors

In detail, data from the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai (Dubai Tourism) showed that during the first four months of this year, the emirate received 1.67 million international tourists, including about 410 thousand tourists last April only.

The data indicated that India came at the forefront of the exporting markets for international visitors to Dubai during the period between January and April 2021, registering more than 390,000 visitors, followed by Russia with about 144,000 visitors, while the total number of visitors from France reached about 62,000 visitors, followed by Russia America, which ranked fourth, with 54,000 visitors.

In turn, Pakistan recorded about 51,000 visitors, and ranked fifth, followed by Egypt in sixth place with 49,000 visitors as well, then the United Kingdom, which recorded 46,000 visitors, compared to about 45,000 from Ukraine, and 43,42,000 from Kazakhstan and Germany, respectively. .

hotel rooms

In addition, the number of hotel rooms in Dubai, at the end of last April, reached 128 thousand and 12 hotel rooms, among 714 hotel facilities.

Five-star luxury hotel rooms accounted for 35% of the total size of the hotel market in Dubai, after it reached 44,209 hotel rooms within 133 hotel establishments, followed by four-star hotel rooms by 28%, registering 36,187 rooms. hotel among 164 properties.

Hotel stakes

Hotels classified between three stars and one star accounted for about 18% of the total hotel market in Dubai, with a capacity of 23,441 hotel rooms within 230 hotel facilities.

The number of medium and luxury hotel apartment facilities reached 187, comprising 24,175 apartments, with hotel apartments acquiring 19% of the total hotel capacity in Dubai.

The occupancy rate in all hotel establishments in the emirate during the first four months of this year was 63%.

hotel nights

The data indicated that the period of stay of guests during the period between January and April 2021 increased to 5.1 hotel nights, compared to 3.9 nights in the same period in 2020, while the number of nights (reserved rooms) reached 9.47 million overnights, compared to 8.35 million nights in the corresponding period. From last year, while the average daily price of a hotel room was 401 dirhams, the average return on available room was about 252 dirhams.

The source of visitors to Dubai

South Asia ranked first in terms of the source of visitors to Dubai, by geographical region, accounting for 29% of the total number of visitors, followed by Russia and the CIS with 21%, and then Western Europe with 17%.

The share of the Middle East and North Africa region reached 11% of the total number of visitors, while Africa recorded 9%, America 5%, North and Southeast Asia 4%, the Arab Gulf countries 3%, and about 1% from Australia.

• India came at the forefront of exporting markets for international visitors to Dubai.

• 128 thousand hotel rooms in Dubai among 714 facilities at the end of last April.

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