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UAE Hotel Revenues Hit AED26 Billion In H1 2025, Up 6.3%

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Staff reporter

September 9, 2025 GST: 6:19 pm

Photo Credit : WAM

Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Tourism and Chairman of the Council, announced that
hotel establishment revenues in the UAE exceeded AED 26 billion during the first half of 2025, recording a 6.3
percent growth compared to the same period last year.

He highlighted that the hotel occupancy rate reached 80.5 percent in the first six months, reflecting the
sector’s continued momentum, the success of joint public-private efforts, and alignment with the goals of the
UAE Tourism Strategy 2031, which seeks to increase the tourism sector’s contribution to the national economy
to AED 450 billion by the next decade.

The announcement came during the third meeting of the Emirates Tourism Council in 2025, chaired by Bin
Touq and attended by chairpersons and directors-general of local tourism authorities across the country.

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