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Abu Dhabi guest nights up 22.8pc in Q1

Abu Dhabi, July 9, 2013

Abu Dhabi have registered double-digit growth in the guest nights for the first quarter when compared to the same period last year, said a report citing official data.

The hotels in the UAE capital hosted a total of 2.1 million guest nights in the first quarter, up 22.8 per cent compared to the same period last year, reported the WAM news agency citing the The Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi (SCAD).

The guest numbers at hotel establishments increased by 6.1 per cent over the first quarter compared to last year. The occupancy rate and the average length of stay too grew over the same period by 8 per cent and 15.7 per cent, respectively.

The number of hotel guests grew rose to 631,400 in the first quarter compared to last year with the occupancy rate climbing 73.5 per cent, up 8 per cent year-on-year.

The majority of the guests (84.2 percent) stayed in hotels in the Abu Dhabi area, compared to 11.8 per cent in Al Ain region and 4 per cent in the Al Gharbia region. The average length of stay was 3.57 nights in Abu Dhabi, 2.03 nights in Al Ain and 2.84 nights in the Al Gharbia region, it added.
 




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