They recorded 7.19 million overnight stays ... and 64% of the hotel occupancy rate

Dubai welcomes 1.26 million international tourists in the first quarter

5-star luxury rooms account for 35% of the total hotel market in Dubai.

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Data from the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai (Dubai Tourism) showed that the emirate received 1.26 million international tourists during the first quarter of this year, at a time when the total number of hotel rooms in Dubai, by the end of March 2021, reached 127,244 hotel rooms within 712 establishments. Hotel.

According to data obtained by Emirates Today, the length of stay of guests increased to 5.1 hotel nights, while the number of overnight stays (reserved rooms) reached 7.19 million nights.

Tourist statistics

In detail, data from the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai (Dubai Tourism) showed that the emirate received 1.26 million international tourists during the first quarter of this year.

According to the data, India was at the forefront of the exporting market for international visitors to Dubai during the first quarter, registering more than 320,000 visitors, followed by Russia with about 99,000 visitors, while the total number of visitors from France was about 46,000, followed by Egypt, which came In fourth place with 41 thousand visitors.

In turn, the United Kingdom recorded about 40 thousand visitors and ranked fifth, followed by Pakistan in sixth place with about 40 thousand visitors as well, then the United States, which recorded 39 thousand visitors, compared to about 34 thousand from Ukraine, and 32 thousand and 30 thousand from Kazakhstan and Germany, respectively. .

Hotel rooms

In addition, the number of hotel rooms in Dubai reached, by the end of last March, about 127,244 hotel rooms, within 712 hotel establishments.

The luxurious five-star hotel rooms accounted for 35% of the total volume of the hotel market in Dubai, after it reached 44 thousand and 11 hotel rooms within 132 hotel establishments, followed by the four-star hotel rooms by 28%, registered 35,484 rooms. Hotel among 163 properties.

Hotel rations

In turn, hotels classified between three stars and one star accounted for about 18% of the total volume of the hotel market in Dubai, with a capacity of 23,450 hotel rooms within 231 hotel establishments.

The number of medium and luxury hotel apartments facilities reached 186, comprising 24,299 apartments, with hotel apartments accounting for 19% of the total hotel capacity in Dubai.

The occupancy rate in all hotel establishments in the emirate during the first three months of this year was 64%.

Hotel nights

The data showed an increase in the stay of guests during the first quarter to 5.1 hotel nights compared to 3.7 nights in the same period in 2020, while the number of nights (reserved rooms) reached 7.19 million overnight stays, and the average daily price of a hotel room reached 394 dirhams, to record the return of rooms. Available around 251 dirhams.

The source of visitors to Dubai

The South Asia region ranked first in terms of the source of visitors to Dubai, by geographical region, after it acquired 31% of the total number of visitors, followed by Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States by 20%, and Western Europe by 17%.

The share of the Middle East and North Africa region amounted to 11% of the total number of visitors, while Africa scored 9%, America 5%, North and Southeast Asia 4%, and Arab Gulf countries 3%.

• The average daily rate for the room is 394 dirhams, and the return is 251 dirhams.

• 127.2 thousand hotel rooms in Dubai until the end of last March.

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