UAE’s tourism achieves new milestone in growth

In Q1 2022 hotels record 80 per cent occupancy, generating revenue worth AED11 billion.

TT Bureau

H.E. Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium Enterprises and Chairman, UAE Tourism Council, revealed that the UAE’s tourism sector achieved a new growth milestone in Q1 2022, underlining its competitiveness at both regional and global levels. The minister explained that during the first quarter of this year, the national tourism sector exceeded the growth rates recorded not only in 2020 and 2021, but also during the same period in 2019.

According to tourism figures for Q1 2022, the country’s hotel establishments attracted nearly 6 million visitors who spent 25 million hotel nights, reflecting a growth of 10 per cent compared to the same period in 2019. The occupancy rate of hotels in the country during this period achieved 80 per cent growth.