It received 3.85 million international tourists from the beginning of the year until the end of September

Dubai records 21.36 million hotel nights in 9 months

The number of hotel rooms in Dubai reached 132.8 thousand rooms at the end of last September.

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Data from the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai "Dubai Tourism" revealed that the emirate received 3.85 million international tourists during the first nine months of this year, while the number of hotel nights (reserved rooms) reached 21.36 million overnight stays, compared to 13.67 million nights in the corresponding period. From last year, a growth rate of 56.25%.

According to the data obtained by "Emirates Today", the number of hotel rooms in Dubai, at the end of last September, reached 132.8 thousand

Hotel rooms within 726 hotel properties.

international tourists

In detail, data from the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai "Dubai Tourism" showed that the emirate received 3.85 million international tourists during the first nine months of this year, including 620,000 tourists last September only.

The data obtained by "Emirates Today" showed that India came at the forefront of the exporting markets for international visitors to Dubai during the period between January and September 2021, registering more than 528,000 visitors, followed by Russia with 256,000 visitors, while the total number of visitors coming From Saudi Arabia, about 191,000 visitors came, followed by the United States, which ranked fourth with 171,000 visitors.

In turn, France recorded 156,000 visitors and ranked fifth, followed by Egypt in sixth place with 142 thousand visitors, then the United Kingdom, which recorded 139,000 visitors, compared to 129 from the Sultanate of Oman, and 105 and 104 thousand visitors to Kazakhstan and Germany, respectively.

hotel rooms

In addition, the number of hotel rooms in Dubai, at the end of last September, reached 132,868 hotel rooms, among 726 hotel establishments.

Five-star luxury hotel rooms accounted for 35% of the total hotel market size in Dubai, after it reached 45,776 hotel rooms within 137 hotel establishments, followed by four-star hotel rooms by 28%, registering 37,473 rooms. hotel within 168 properties.

Hotel stakes

Hotels classified between three stars and one star accounted for about 19% of the total size of the hotel market in Dubai, with a capacity of 24,990 hotel rooms within 236 hotel facilities.

The number of medium and luxury hotel apartment facilities reached 185, comprising 24,629 apartments, with hotel apartments acquiring 18% of the total hotel capacity in Dubai.

The occupancy rate in all hotel establishments in the emirate during the first nine months of this year was 62%.

hotel nights

Dubai Tourism data indicated that the period of stay of guests during the period from the beginning of this year until the end of last September increased to 4.6 hotel nights, compared to four nights in the same period in 2020, while the number of nights (reserved rooms) reached 21.36 million overnights. , compared to 13.67 million nights in the corresponding period of last year, with a growth rate of about 56.25%, while the average daily price of a hotel room rose to 352 dirhams, bringing the average return from available room to about 217 dirhams.

• 56.2% growth in the number of hotel nights in Dubai during the first 9 months of 2021.

Visitor Source

South Asia and Western Europe ranked first and second in terms of the source of visitors to Dubai, by geographical region, having accounted for 18% of the total number of visitors for each of them, respectively, followed by Russia and the CIS with 17%, then the Middle East and North Africa by 14%.

The share of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries reached 11% of the total number of international visitors to Dubai, Africa by 10%, America 7%, North and Southeast Asia 4%, and about 1% from Australia.

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