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UAE hotels generate $7.1B in first half of 2025 as tourism

momentum builds

By Viviana Chan September 10, 2025

The United Arab Emirates’ tourism sector recorded strong growth in the first half of 2025, with
hotel revenues reaching AED26 billion ($7.1 billion) and occupancy rates climbing to 80.5

percent, according to Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Tourism and
Chairman of the Emirates Tourism Council.

Arabian Business reported that the figures mark a 6.3 percent increase compared with the same
period in 2024, underscoring the resilience of the industry and its role in supporting the UAE Tourism
Strategy 2031. The plan aims to raise the sector’s contribution to the national economy to AED450
billion ($122.5 billion) by the next decade.

Speaking at the council’s third meeting of the year, Bin Touq said tourism has become a cornerstone
of the country’s non-oil growth strategy. “Through the Emirates Tourism Council, we continue our
efforts to promote sustainable tourism development by fostering effective partnerships between the
public and private sectors and launching innovative initiatives and projects,” he noted.

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