According to the “January-February” tourism performance report issued by the Department of Economy and Tourism in Dubai, the city attracted 1.77 million international visitors during January, and 1.9 million visitors during February.
Western European countries came at the forefront of the regions exporting tourists to Dubai during the months of January and February, with a rate of 21 percent, or about 773 thousand tourists, followed by South Asia with 604 thousand visitors, constituting 17 percent of the total number of visitors, then the Gulf Cooperation Council countries came with 549 thousand visitors, constituting 15 percent.
Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Eastern Europe ranked fourth on the list of countries exporting tourists to Dubai, with 530,000, constituting 14 percent of the total number of visitors to the emirate. Then came the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, with 448,000 tourists, constituting 12 percent, then the countries of North and Southeast Asia, with a share that reached 9 percent. That is, about 340 thousand visitors.
The number of visitors to Dubai from the Americas during the months of January and February, according to data from the Department of Economy and Tourism, reached 240,000, representing 7 percent of the total visitors, while the number of visitors from Africa reached 138,000, or about 4 percent, and from Australia, 53,000, making up about one percent of the total. International visitors to Dubai during the first two months.
The number of hotel rooms in Dubai at the end of last February was 151,269 rooms in 826 establishments, compared to 148,450 rooms in 813 establishments at the end of February 2023.
The average hotel occupancy in all establishments operating in Dubai during the first two months of this year reached 87 percent, compared to about 84 percent during the same period in 2023.
The number of rooms booked during the first two months of this year exceeded 7.78 million rooms, compared to about 7.28 million rooms during the same period in 2023.
The number of 5-star hotel rooms reached 52,118 rooms in 161 facilities, accounting for 35 percent of the total number of hotel rooms in Dubai, while the number of 4-star rooms reached 43,792 rooms in 197 facilities, and the number of hotel rooms between one and three stars reached 29,037 rooms in… 275 facilities, while the number of luxury hotel apartment rooms reached 13,764 rooms, and the number of medium-level hotel apartment rooms reached 12,558 rooms.
The average length of stay for guests was 3.8 hotel nights during last January-February.
The average daily price of a hotel room during the past months of January and February reached 664 dirhams, an increase of 9 percent, compared to 609 dirhams during the corresponding period of 2023, while the average revenue from available rooms reached 578 dirhams, an increase of 12 percent compared to 514 dirhams in the first two months of 2023.
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