«Economy and Tourism»: a growth of more than 170%

Visitors to Dubai .. 2.19 million tourists and 6.3 million overnight stays during January and February

• Guest stays during January and February 2022 increased to 5.3 hotel nights.

  Photography: Ahmed Ardeti

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Data from the Department of Economy and Tourism in Dubai showed that the emirate received 2.19 million international tourists during the months of January and February, compared to about 810,000 tourists in the same period in 2021, with a growth rate of more than 170 percent, while the number of nights (reserved rooms) reached 6.30 million. Overnight stay, an increase of 40%.

According to data obtained by "Emirates Today", the number of hotel rooms at the end of last February reached 139,069 hotel rooms within 763 hotel establishments, while the period of stay of guests during January and February 2022 increased to 5.3 hotel nights, compared to 4.3 nights in the corresponding period. from 2021.

number of tourists

In detail, data from the Department of Economy and Tourism in Dubai showed that the emirate received 2.19 million international tourists during the months of January and February, compared to about 810,000 tourists in the same period in 2021, with a growth rate of more than 170 percent.

International visitors

The data indicated that Saudi Arabia came at the forefront of the exporting markets for international visitors to Dubai during January and February 2022, registering more than 194,000 tourists, followed by India with about 174,000 visitors, while the total number of visitors from the United Kingdom reached about 167,000 visitors, and 137,000 visitors from Russia. .

In turn, Oman ranked fifth with 98,000 visitors, followed by France with 92,000 visitors, then the United States with 78,000 visitors, while Germany recorded 77,000 visitors, compared to about 66,000 visitors from Pakistan and 53,000 visitors from Egypt.

hotel rooms

The number of hotel rooms in Dubai at the end of last February reached 139,069 hotel rooms within 763 hotel establishments, compared to 129,20 rooms within 712 establishments at the end of February 2021.

The average hotel occupancy in all establishments operating in Dubai was 78%, compared to 65% in the same period last year.

Hotel stakes

Five-star luxury hotel rooms accounted for 34% of the total hotel market size in Dubai, registering 47,483 hotel rooms within 144 hotel establishments, followed by four-star hotel rooms by 29%, registering 40,595 hotel rooms within 183 facility.

For its part, hotels classified between three and one star accounted for about 18% of the total hotel market volume, with a capacity of 25,414 hotel rooms within 245 hotel facilities.

hotel nights

The data showed an increase in the period of stay of guests during January and February 2022 to 5.3 hotel nights, compared to 4.3 nights in the same period in 2021, while the number of nights (reserved rooms) reached 6.30 million overnight nights, compared to 4.81 million nights in the corresponding period last year. With a growth rate of about 40%.

The average daily price of a hotel room amounted to 623 dirhams, compared to 390 dirhams in January and February 2021, with the average return on available room recording about 483 dirhams, compared to 254 dirhams in the same period in 2021.

7.28 million visitors in 2021

Last year, Dubai welcomed 7.28 million international visitors, an increase of 32% compared to the same period in 2020.

According to data issued by the Department of Economy and Tourism in Dubai, the number of visitors to Dubai in the last quarter of 2021 reached more than 3.4 million visitors, which constituted 74% of the total number of international visitors for the same period in 2019, and thus positively affected the performance of the hotel sector, exceeding Pre-global health crisis levels caused by the “Covid-19” pandemic.

Tourists from Europe are in the first place

Western Europe ranked first in terms of the source of visitors to Dubai, according to the geographical region, having acquired 27% of the total number of visitors, followed by the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf with 16%, then Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern Europe with 15%.

The share of South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa was 13%, while the Americas scored 7%, North and Southeast Asian countries 4%, Africa 4%, and Australasia (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and neighboring islands) 1%.

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