According to the data of websites specialized in hotel reservations

97% of hotel rooms in 9 areas of Dubai ran out on New Year's Eve

Five-star luxury hotels came first, specifically on the beach or on the coast.

Photography: Patrick Castillo

Data on websites specializing in hotel reservations showed that hotel establishments operating in Dubai achieved high occupancy rates on New Year's Eve (New Year's Eve), confirming that 97% of hotel rooms in nine regions in Dubai were depleted on "New Year's Eve", while hotels classified under The five-star category has the highest rate of reservations, especially on the beach or in vital areas.

New Year's Eve reservations

According to data from booking companies, including “Booking.com” and “Agoda.com”, nine regions in Dubai recorded, throughout this December 2022, high reservations, especially in conjunction with the Christmas period, indicating that about 98% of the rooms available on Its locations on New Year's Eve, in each of: "Jumeirah Beach Residence", "Palm Jumeirah", "Dubai Marina" and "Downtown Dubai", compared to a depletion of about 97% in the areas of: "Dubai Creek" "Al Barsha", and "Festival City", and 96% for "Sheikh Zayed Road" and "Dubai Trade Center" hotels, in addition to recording slightly lower rates in other regions.

Hotel categories

According to the data, luxury five-star hotels came first, specifically on the beach or on the coast, in terms of demand rates, followed by three- and four-star hotels, and then hotel apartments in both the medium and luxury categories.

This data includes the hotel rooms available on the platforms of these websites exclusively, and does not necessarily mean the total hotel capacity in the emirate, or those rooms that are sold and marketed through other electronic channels, or through direct booking.

active season

Officials of hotel groups and travel agencies assured Emirates Today that Dubai is witnessing an active tourist season this December, with the influx of travelers from various international markets, coinciding with the holiday season and the occasion of New Year's Day, noting that most hotels will achieve record occupancy levels. It ranged between 95 and 100%.

hotel market

The number of hotel rooms in Dubai at the end of October 2022 reached more than 144.7 thousand hotel rooms within 790 hotel establishments, compared to 134.4 thousand hotel rooms within 736 establishments at the end of October 2021.

Luxury hotel rooms of the "five-star" category accounted for 34% of the total volume of the hotel market in Dubai, registering about 49,000 hotel rooms within 148 hotel establishments, followed by hotel rooms of the "four-star" category, by 29%, registering about 42,000. Hotel rooms within 187 establishments.

For its part, hotels classified between "three stars" and "star" accounted for about 19% of the total volume of the hotel market, with a capacity of more than 27.8 thousand hotel rooms within 262 hotel establishments.

As for hotel apartments, their number exceeded 25.7 thousand apartments within 193 establishments, thus accounting for 18% of the hotel market.

11.4 million tourists

The Department of Economy and Tourism in Dubai revealed the latest statistics on the performance of the tourism sector and the number of international visitors during the first 10 months of this year, which showed that the emirate attracted 11.4 million international tourists between January and October 2022, compared to 4.88 million international visitors in the same period of 2022. last year, an increase of 133.6%.

vacation homes

The number of "holiday homes" units licensed in the emirate, according to the Department of Economy and Tourism in Dubai, reached 18,447 units at the end of last October, compared to 13,722 units at the end of 2021.

According to data that Emirates Today obtained a copy of, the number of holiday home units increased by 4,725 units from the beginning of 2022 until the end of last October, with a growth rate of about 34.4%.

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