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Dubai hotel development to surge
Saturday, 08 Nov, 2007
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DUBAI – The number of hotels in Dubai is set to increase by more than 100 within the next decade, according to the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM).
Khalid bin Sulayem, director of the DTCM, said that by 2016 the number of hotels and hotel apartments is set to rise by 29.2 per cent to 554 from the current 439.
The room capacity of hotels and hotel apartments is expected to grow from 46,775 units now to 127,100 units in that time, he added.
Bin Sulayem also said revenues of the sector reached Dh 6.4 billion (US$1.74bn) in the first half of the year.
”Dubai hotels and hotel apartments played host to 3.4 million guests during January-June period. They stayed 10.2 million nights,” he added.
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