Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) issued updated rules and regulations concerning hotels and the tourism sector as part of the ADGM Hotel and Tourism Regulations 2023.
The regulations will be administered by the Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) into ADGM’s framework including supervision, monitoring and enforcement obligations.
The new tourism and hotel regulations aims to ensure that all entities licensed and established under ADGM abide by the onshore legislation’s requirements.
This is including but not limited to hotels, resorts, restaurants, hotel apartments, cinemas, theatres, holiday homes, museums, tourist transport companies, tourist tour organisers as well as recreational and refreshment facilities.
Hamad Sayah Al Mazrouei, CEO of ADGM Registration Authority said: “ADGM has always been proactive in taking initiatives for enhancing mutual strategic cooperation with the Abu Dhabi governmental bodies that contribute to achieving the Abu Dhabi’s economic goals. In alignment with such initiative, ADGM has signed an Agreement for Cooperation and Delegation with the DCT to benefit from their expertise and extensive knowledge in regulating and monitoring hotels and tourism establishments operating within ADGM’s jurisdiction”.
“The adoption of the Abu Dhabi onshore hotel and tourism legislation within ADGM legislation provides hotel and tourism operators with comfort and assurance that ADGM and Abu Dhabi, as a whole, are aligned in terms of regulating the hotel and tourism sector,” he added.
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