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A total of 6.04 million foreign tourists visited Abu Dhabi and Dubai during the first three months of the year, a growth of 1.8 percent on year, figures by the
Central Bank of the UAE showed.
Dubai received 4.75 million from January to March against 4.65 million in the comparable period last year, with tourist arrivals to Abu Dhabi having increased from 1.28 million to 1.29 million during the same period.
According to the CBUAE’s figures, 52 percent of the tourists who visited Dubai during the period stayed in the emirate’s hotels, with those staying in the capital’s hotels up 0.5 percent during Q1 against the corresponding period last year.
Despite the increase in the number of tourist arrivals in Dubai from January to March as compared to the same period last year, hotel revenues declined per room as a result of the constant discounts and offers provided by the emirate’s hotels.
Tourists coming from some source markets increased, with Omanis coming on top with a
27.1 percent growth, France, 17.5 percent, China, 13.2 percent, Germany, 5.2 percent, and US, 3.3 percent while arrivals from Russia, India, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Pakistan decreased.