The UAE has established itself as an ideal travel destination and a preferred nation for living and working, despite global pandemic restrictions.
The region is continuing to maintain its regional and international leadership as the country witnessed progress in terms of outcomes and indicators, post the Covid-19 pandemic.
The country has established itself globally as a leading international tourism destination and stands among the top ten countries in several international competitiveness indexes of 2021, related to tourism, travel and hotels.
Earnings from hotels amounted to AED11bn in the first quarter of this year, showing an increase of 19 per cent in the same period in 2019. These hotels resumed activities at full capacity, totalling nearly 200,000 hotel rooms, WAM said in a statement.
Aside from this, UAE hotels attracted nearly six million visitors who spent 25 million hotel nights in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 10 per cent compared with the same period of 2019.
Visitors’ period of stay in hotels grew by 25 per cent during the same period, while the hotel occupancy rate was 80 per cent, making it one of the highest internationally, the statement said.
