The UAE is still a top tourism destination, as well as a desirable place to live and work, and it continues to hold both regional and global leadership in these fields.
The nation has improved its standing on the global tourist map, emerging as a top-tier nation in a number of international competitiveness indices for the travel, hospitality, and tourism industries in 2021.
In the first three months of 2022, Emirati hotels welcomed approximately six million guests who stayed there for 25 million nights, a rise of 10% from the same period in 2019. Additionally, during that time, their length of hotel stays increased by 25%, and the occupancy rate of hotels reached an all-time high of 80%.
In the first quarter of 2022, hotel revenues reached AED11 billion, up 20% from the corresponding period in 2019. These hotels, which together had approximately 200,000 hotel rooms, started operating again at full capacity.
In terms of flights and accommodations, more than 20 million people arrived at the nation’s airports in the first quarter of 2022, up from 8.6 million in the corresponding period of 2021, a 135 percent rise.
The travel and tourism industry has contributed 3.4 percent, or 15 percent, to the nation’s GDP during the last three years, up from 11.6 percent in 2019.
Expo 2020 Dubai
Due to Expo 2020 Dubai, the travel, tourism, hospitality, and entertainment industries saw record-breaking visitor numbers and revenue. Over the past of 6 months, Over 24 million people attended the event, which was a success.
In October 2022, Expo Dubai City will open, establishing the nation as a top tourist destination and enhancing the national tourism industry, particularly in terms of business tourism.
The Museum of the Future
The Museum of Tomorrow The Museum of the Future, a historical icon with numerous theatres and cutting-edge labs, opened in the UAE in February 2022, setting a singular tourism milestone.
The museum was opened with a climate and education-centered theme to represent the construction of a prosperous future based on growth and wealth.
Source – Zawya News Agency
