UAE hotel occupancy 2nd highest globally in 2020
2 hours ago Picture used for illustrative purpose. The UAE tourism sector performed outstandingly in 2020 despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, revealed by the Ministry of Economy, noting that the sector was among the least affected and fastest to recover around the world.
The UAE recorded a 54.7 per cent hotel occupancy rate in 2020 the second highest in the world behind only China while the global rate dropped to 37 per cent under the weight of the pandemic, and hotels in the Middle East region recorded just 43 per cent occupancy. This is in parallel to the significant decline in tourist activity, which fell by 74 per cent around the world and 76 per cent in the region.
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