Dubai has strengthened its standing as a prime vacation spot on the worldwide tourism map, attracting over 14.96 million worldwide guests within the first ten months of this yr. In keeping with the Division of Economic system and Tourism, this marks an 8% enhance in comparison with final yr, when the town welcomed 13.9 million guests.
The info additionally signifies that Dubai’s motels skilled constant progress, with room occupancy charges reaching 77% from January to the tip of October. This is a rise from the common occupancy fee of 76% throughout the identical time final yr.
In the course of the first 10 months of 2024, worldwide guests recorded greater than 35.15 million in a single day stays, a rise from 34.19 million in a single day stays throughout the identical interval in 2023. It represents a 3% progress in comparison with the earlier yr. The typical keep for guests between January and October 2024 was roughly 3.6 lodge nights, down from 3.8 nights in the identical interval of 2023.
The typical day by day fee per lodge room was AED 502 in 2024, in comparison with AED 488 in 2023. The typical return on booked rooms reached AED 386 in 2024, in comparison with AED 373 in 2023.
Dubai’s lodge capability has continued to develop with the opening of recent motels. By the tip of October 2024, Dubai’s complete lodge rooms reached 152,500, representing a 2% enhance from the 149,070 rooms recorded in 2023. Moreover, the variety of lodge institutions rose by 1%, bringing the whole to 827 by the tip of October 2024, in comparison with 818 institutions in the identical interval the earlier yr.
5-star luxurious lodge rooms represented 35% of the whole lodge market in Dubai, with roughly 53,700 lodge rooms throughout 168 properties. Following this, four-star lodge rooms accounted for 29% of the market, totaling 43,200 lodge rooms throughout 195 properties.
Three-star and two-star motels comprised about 19% of the market, providing 29,100 lodge rooms inside 276 institutions. Moreover, luxurious lodge residences reached 13,900 items throughout 80 properties, making up 9% of the lodge market. Medium lodge residences represented about 8% of the market, with roughly 12,400 residences in 108 properties.
The info revealed that Western Europe contributed 20 p.c of the whole variety of guests to Dubai, equating to 2.9 million. Following this, South Asia accounted for 17 p.c of the guests, akin to 2.5 million individuals. The GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) represented 15 p.c of the whole, with 2.2 million guests.
Moreover, 14 p.c of holiday makers got here from the Commonwealth of Unbiased States and Japanese Europe, totaling 2 million guests. The Center East and N. Africa (MENA) area contributed 12 p.c, amounting to 1.7 million guests, whereas North and Southeast Asia accounted for 10 p.c, with 1.4 million guests.
Guests from the Americas comprised 7 p.c of the whole, 986,000, whereas 5 p.c got here from Africa, 713,000. Lastly, Australia contributed 2 p.c of Dubai’s guests, 292,000 people.
This yr’s enhance in worldwide guests outcomes from the emirate’s complete methods applied throughout a number of key pillars of the tourism sector, together with sustainability, entrepreneurship, and innovation, amongst different important components.
