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75 million in 2024, a 9.5 percent increase from 28.08 million in 2023, meeting
about 77 percent of the national target of 40 million guests annually.
Total passenger traffic through the UAE’s airports exceeded
one billion between 2015 and 2024. The total number of aircraft movements
(arrivals and departures) increased to over 6.4 million, while the number of
international visitors rose from about 15 million in 2014 to over 29 million in 2024.
UAE airports handled approximately 102.9 million passengers in the first eight
months of 2025, a 5.3 percent growth compared to 97.9 million passengers during
the same period in 2024.
Bin Touq also reported that tourism investments attracted by the UAE reached
AED28.8 billion in 2023, rising to AED32.2 billion in 2024, with projections to hit
AED35.2 billion in 2025.
The Minister confirmed that the UAE's travel and tourism sector achieved robust
growth in H1 2025. Hotel establishments hosted more than 16 million guests, a
5.5 percent growth compared to the same period in 2024. As of the end of H1
2025, the country has 1,243 hotel establishments with over 216,000 rooms.
Sixteen new hotels entered the UAE market in 2024.
Hotel revenues increased to over AED26 billion in H1 2025, a 6.3 percent growth
compared to the same period last year.
Bin Touq projected that the number of hotel guests in the country would reach
33 million in 2025. Hotel revenues are expected to increase by 7 percent this year
compared to AED45 billion in 2024, with UAE airports anticipated to handle
approximately 160 million passengers due to airport expansions and the launch of
new routes.
The minister further pointed out that the "World's Coolest Winter" campaign, over
its five editions, has yielded outstanding results in terms of hotel revenues in the
country, which amounted to approximately AED6.7 billion. The campaign also
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