Abu Dhabi reported tourist traffic in the first six months of the year increased 17 per cent to 1.98 million, compared to the corresponding period in 2014.
Visitors generated 5,728,765 room nights in the emirate’s 163 hotel and hotel apartments, an increase of 11 per cent on the previous year, according to figures released by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi).
Total revenue for hotel establishments recorded an eight per cent increase to AED 3.346 billion (AUD$ 1.25 billion), room revenue increased by 11 per cent, food and beverage revenue increased by just one per cent, while other revenues - which includes services such as venue hire and business events - rose 22 per cent to AED 402 million (AUD$ 149 million).
June 2015 showed an increase of two per cent in hotel stays when compared to June of last year, with the 268,335 hotel arrivals generating room nights of 13 per cent to 870,304.
“We set ourselves a challenging arrivals target of 3.9 million hotel guests for this year, which we are very confident of achieving, especially given that half-year figures show double digit growth,” said Jasem Al Darmaki, acting director general, TCA Abu Dhabi.
“Length of stay has fallen by five per cent over the comparable period in 2014. We have a series of high-profile events coming up to entice visitors to spend more time here including our new extended 2015/16 season of Abu Dhabi Classics, the annual F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and Abu Dhabi Art, and anticipate the traditionally strong second half of the year performance will pull average length of stay back up closer to three nights.”
India has regained its spot as Abu Dhabi’s largest international source market seeing 127,312 Indians – an increase of 18 per cent.
India is closely followed by the UK, China, Germany and the United States as largest overseas markets, with the Philippines providing 63,855 visitor arrivals, recording a 24 per cent rise. Other counties in the top twelve include Australia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan.
Russian visitors showed the largest drop falling 10 per cent to 14,453 arrivals, attributable to difficult economic conditions in their home country.
Abu Dhabi reported tourist traffic in the first six months of the year increased 17 per cent to 1.98 million, compared to the corresponding period in 2014.
Visitors generated 5,728,765 room nights in the emirate’s 163 hotel and hotel apartments, an increase of 11 per cent on the previous year, according to figures released by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi).
Total revenue for hotel establishments recorded an eight per cent increase to AED 3.346 billion (AUD$ 1.25 billion), room revenue increased by 11 per cent, food and beverage revenue increased by just one per cent, while other revenues - which includes services such as venue hire and business events - rose 22 per cent to AED 402 million (AUD$ 149 million).
June 2015 showed an increase of two per cent in hotel stays when compared to June of last year, with the 268,335 hotel arrivals generating room nights of 13 per cent to 870,304.
“We set ourselves a challenging arrivals target of 3.9 million hotel guests for this year, which we are very confident of achieving, especially given that half-year figures show double digit growth,” said Jasem Al Darmaki, acting director general, TCA Abu Dhabi.
“Length of stay has fallen by five per cent over the comparable period in 2014. We have a series of high-profile events coming up to entice visitors to spend more time here including our new extended 2015/16 season of Abu Dhabi Classics, the annual F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and Abu Dhabi Art, and anticipate the traditionally strong second half of the year performance will pull average length of stay back up closer to three nights.”
India has regained its spot as Abu Dhabi’s largest international source market seeing 127,312 Indians – an increase of 18 per cent.
India is closely followed by the UK, China, Germany and the United States as largest overseas markets, with the Philippines providing 63,855 visitor arrivals, recording a 24 per cent rise. Other counties in the top twelve include Australia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan.
Russian visitors showed the largest drop falling 10 per cent to 14,453 arrivals, attributable to difficult economic conditions in their home country.
