{"id":2263,"date":"2018-01-23T12:46:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T12:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=2263"},"modified":"2018-01-23T12:46:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T12:46:55","slug":"abu-dhabi-posts-record-numbers-of-hotel-guests-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/abu-dhabi-posts-record-numbers-of-hotel-guests-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi Posts Record Numbers Of Hotel Guests In 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

A record 4.875 million people stayed in Abu Dhabi\u2019s 162 hotels and hotel apartments during 2017, meaning the emirate recorded an impressive 9.8% year-on-year rise.<\/p>\n

Figures released by the\u00a0Department of Culture and Tourism\u00a0\u2013 Abu Dhabi (DCT) for its hospitality sector reveal that the number of guests staying in Abu Dhabi city during the year rose by 10.3% to reach 4,295,030 across its 131 hotels and hotel apartments, which provide 26,821 rooms.<\/p>\n

The Al Ain Region recorded a 5.5% increase to 450,328 guests across its 20 hotels and the\u00a0Al Dhafra Region\u00a0rose 8.2% to number 130,180 guests at its 11 hotels and hotel apartments.<\/p>\n

HE Saif\u00a0Saeed Ghobash, Director General, DCT, said: \u201cRecord numbers of people are visiting Abu Dhabi year after year and we continue to go from strength to strength in positioning ourselves as a distinctive global tourist destination steeped in culture and heritage. \u00a0A near double digit year-on-year growth in the number of guests staying in all three regions of the emirate is testament to our drive and determination in helping the emirate evolve into a \u2018must-visit\u2019 place on any traveller\u2019s itinerary.<\/p>\n

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A record 4.875 million people stayed in Abu Dhabi\u2019s 162 hotels and hotel apartments during 2017, meaning the emirate recorded an impressive 9.8% year-on-year rise. Figures released by the\u00a0Department of Culture and Tourism\u00a0\u2013 Abu Dhabi (DCT) for its hospitality sector reveal that the number of guests staying in Abu Dhabi city during the year rose […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2265,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263\/revisions\/2265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}