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The number of hotel guests staying in Abu Dhabi during January rose 7.4% versus the same month a year ago, building on the success of a record-breaking 2017 when close to a total of five million people stayed in the emirate.
In total 437,228 hotel guests stayed in the emirate’s 162 hotels and hotel apartments during January, up more than 30,000 over the previous year, figures disclosed by the Department of Culture and Tourism — Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) revealed. All three regions recorded an rise in hotel guests, Abu Dhabi up 6.3%, Al Ain Region, 7% and Al Dhafra Region 17.3%.
The surge in Indian travellers to the emirate, which rose 11.5% in 2017 to total 359,000, continued in January with more than 34,000 Indian hotel guests staying in Abu Dhabi, an increase of 31.5% on the year. The uplift in Chinese guests, which numbered more than 35,000 in January, followed a remarkable 2017.