Dubai receives 1.94 million international tourists during January 2025 .. 9% growth

The Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism revealed the latest statistics on the performance of the tourism sector and the number of international visitors, and showed Dubai’s success in attracting 1.94 million international tourists during January 2025, compared to 1.77 million tourists in the same period last year, with a growth rate of 9%.

According to data issued by the department, the Emirates Today obtained a copy of it, Western Europe ranked first, in terms of the source of visitors to Dubai, based on the geographical region, valued at 19% of the total number of visitors during January, recording about 369 thousand international visitors, followed by the Gulf Cooperation Council states with about 18%, recording about 341 thousand visitors.

Russia, the Association of Independent Countries and Eastern Europe ranked third with about 15%, at a rate of 285 thousand international tourists, while South Asia acquired about 14% of the total number of international tourists to Dubai during January 2025, recording more than 271 thousand international tourists, and a rate of 12% for the Middle East and North Africa region, at a rate of 236 thousand tourists, while North countries acquired Southeast Asia has a share of 10% of the total, recording about 187 thousand international tourists.

The total number of international tourists from the Americas reached more than 135 thousand international tourists, which acquired 7% of the total number, compared to a share of 5% for Africa, at a rate of about 76 thousand visitors, while the Australia region acquired a percentage of about 2%, and at a rate of 41 thousand international tourists.

In addition, the number of hotel rooms in Dubai at the end of January 2025 reached more than 153.6 thousand hotel rooms within 831 hotel facilities, compared to 150.4 thousand hotel rooms within 823 facilities at the end of January 2024.

The average hotel occupancy in all facilities operating in Dubai recorded 84.3% during last January, compared to 83.2% in the same period in 2024.

In turn, the luxury hotel rooms of “Five Star” acquired 35% of the total size of the hotel market in Dubai, recording about 54 thousand hotel rooms within 168 hotel facilities, followed by the “four -star” hotel rooms with 28%, recording about 43.5 thousand hotel rooms within 197 facilities.

For its part, the hotels classified between “three stars” and “Najma” acquired about 20% of the total size of the hotel market, with a capacity of 29.8 thousand hotel rooms, among 279 hotel establishments.

The hotel apartments recorded more than 26.1 thousand rooms within 187 facilities, taking over 17% of the total size of the hotel market in Dubai.

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Duration of guests

At the end of last January, the livelihood of guests in Dubai hotels recorded 3.76 hotel nights, compared to 3.8 nights in the same period in 2024, while the number of nights (seized rooms) reached more than four million nights of overnight, compared to about 3.84 million nights of overnight during the comparison period, with a growth rate of about 4%.

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Daily price

The daily price of the hotel room in Dubai reached 683 dirhams during January 2025, compared to 643 dirhams in the same period last year, with a growth of 6%, while the average revenue from the available rooms reached 576 dirhams in January 2025, compared to 535 dirhams in the same period last year, with a growth of 8%.

– 35 %of the hotel market in Dubai acquired luxury rooms of the “five -star” category.