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UAE capital hotel guests in January rises by 7.4%

Patrick Ryan by Patrick Ryan
March 11, 2018
in Hotel News ME, News
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The number of hotel guests in Abu Dhabi in January rose by 7.4% from the previous year – which had been the most successful year in the UAE capital’s history.

Abu_Dhabi_SkylineIn total 437,228 hotel guests stayed in the emirate’s 162 hotels and hotel apartments during January, up  more than 30,000 over the previous year, figures disclosed by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) reveal.

All three regions recorded an increase in hotel guests, Abu Dhabi up 6.3%. Al Ain Region, up 7% and Al Dhafra Region up 17.3%.

Multiple countries provided double-digit year-on-year growth in January, notably China (10.7%), India (31.5%), UK (19.1%), Saudi Arabia (15.4%) and the United States (36.1%).

HE Saif Saeed Ghobash, Director General, DCT Abu Dhabi, said: “We are building on last year’s success and have seen an impressive start to this year recording more than seven per cent year-on-year growth. Our tier one markets China, India, UK, Germany, Saudi Arabia and the US are performing particularly well with all of them recording more than 10 per cent growth in January.

“We continue to invest heavily in promoting the emirate abroad across our source markets, with our strategy paying dividends in attracting more hotel guests than ever before. We are targeting more guests by the end of the year and with our expanding portfolio of attractions across the emirate, including Louvre Abu Dhabi and the soon to be opened Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi theme park, we are confident of reaching this number and continue on towards our target of 8.5 million visitors by 2021.”

Although hotel occupancy rates increased in January in Abu Dhabi’s 131 hotels, the Al Ain Region and Al Dhafra Region both recorded falls in their respective 20 and 11 hotels. Average length of stay for visitors dropped slightly across all three regions.

The surge in Indian travellers to the emirate, which rose 11.5% in 2017 to total 359,000, continued in January with more than 34,000 Indian hotel guests staying in Abu Dhabi, an increase of 31.5% on the year. DCT Abu Dhabi has focused extensive marketing across India and held a number of roadshows in the country to attract more Indian travellers to experience the emirate. There are currently 282 flights a week to Abu Dhabi from 13 Indian destinations.

Tags: abu dhabiGCCHotel News Middle Eastmiddle eastOccupancyuae

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