Dubai receives 9.1 million international tourists in 8 months

Data from the Department of Economy and Tourism in Dubai showed that, during the first eight months of this year, the emirate received 9.1 million international tourists, compared to about 3.2 million tourists in the same period last year, with a growth rate of more than 184%.

According to the data obtained by "Emirates Today", Dubai received about one million international visitors during August alone, while the total number of visitors during the period between January and August of this year approached pre-pandemic levels, while the indicators for both the number of hotel rooms exceeded. Nights booked and average daily rate, as well as average return on room and length of stay for guests, are pre-pandemic levels as well.

The data indicated that India was at the forefront of the exporting markets for international visitors to Dubai during the period between January and August 2022, registering more than one million tourists, followed by the Sultanate of Oman with about 983,000 visitors, while the total number of visitors from the Saudi market reached about 823,000 visitors. United Kingdom 647,000 visitors.

In turn, Russia ranked fifth, registering about 395,000 visitors, followed by America with 349,000 visitors, France and Pakistan with 253,000 visitors each, then Germany with 247,000 visitors, while Iran recorded about 213,000 visitors.

The number of hotel rooms in Dubai at the end of last August reached more than 142 thousand hotel rooms within 779 hotel establishments, compared to 129.3 thousand hotel rooms within 717 facilities at the end of August 2021. The average hotel occupancy in all operating establishments in Dubai was 71% compared to 61% in the period Same from 2021.

The five-star luxury hotel rooms accounted for 34% of the total hotel market size in Dubai, registering about 48,800 hotel rooms within 148 hotel establishments, followed by the “four-star” hotel rooms by 29%, registering 41.2 thousand hotel rooms. Within 184 establishments.

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