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Abu Dhabi welcomes 2.4m hotel guests in 5 months

Abu Dhabi hotel revenue reached $866m in first five months of the year

Abu Dhabi hotels

Abu Dhabi hotels received 2.411m guests during the first five months of this year, according to recent data released by the Statistics Centre Abu Dhabi.

The data, based on statistics from the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, showed that hotel guests were distributed as follows:

  • 498,700 in January
  • 507,400 in February
  • 433,000 in March
  • 500,080 in April
  • 471,800 thousand in May

Hotel revenues rose to AED3.18bn ($866m) during the same period, with January contributing AED629.7m ($171m), February AED717.1m ($195m), March AED608m ($166m), April AED660.3m ($180m), and May AED566.5m ($154m).

Abu Dhabi hotel revenue

The city itself accounted for the majority of hotel guests, with 2.179m, while elsewhere in the emirate Al Ain attracted around 169,000 guests, and the Al Dhafra region welcomed approximately 64,000 guests.

By the end of May, the number of hotel establishments in the city stood at 169, offering 34,079 rooms.

This includes 126 hotels with 28,600 rooms and 43 hotel apartments with 5,476 rooms.

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