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Tourism and hotel occupancy in Dubai

Occupancy of hotels and hotel apartments, overnight visitors and visitors by region and nationality, from Dubai open data.

Overnight visitors by region (all reported months): 48,107,500. Source: Dubai open data via data.dubai, as of 30 Jun 2026, calculated by Zolia.

Hotels and rooms: occupancy by category (quarterly)

Latest figure from the source: Q4 2025

Number of Hotels · 1 - 3 Star280+1.1% vs previous year
Number of Hotels · 4 - Star195−1.5% vs previous year
Number of Hotels · 5 - Star173+3.0% vs previous year
Number of available rooms · 1 - 3 Star29,523−0.7% vs previous year
Number of available rooms · 4 - Star43,500−0.8% vs previous year
Number of available rooms · 5 - Star56,048+3.6% vs previous year
Average Occupancy % · 1 - 3 Star81+2.5% vs previous year
Average Occupancy % · 4 - Star81+2.5% vs previous year

Data as of 22 Oct 2026 · Source: Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment (Open Data via data.dubai), https://data.dubai/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence data.dubai

Hotel apartments: occupancy by category (quarterly)

Latest figure from the source: Q4 2025

Number of Hotel Apartment Bldgs. · Standard98−9.3% vs previous year
Number of Hotel Apartment Bldgs. · Deluxe81±0.0% vs previous year
Hotel Apartments · Standard11,305−8.9% vs previous year
Hotel Apartments · Deluxe13,888−0.5% vs previous year
Average Occupancy % · Standard84+2.4% vs previous year
Average Occupancy % · Deluxe83+3.8% vs previous year

Data as of 22 Oct 2026 · Source: Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment (Open Data via data.dubai), https://data.dubai/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence data.dubai

Overnight visitors by region (all reported months)

Total
48,107,500
Africa2,477,436
Americas3,388,576
Australasia752,705
GCC7,822,384
MENA5,870,016
NE Asia and South East Asia3,278,027
South Asia8,392,928
Western Europe9,733,460

Data as of 30 Jun 2026 · Source: Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (Open Data via data.dubai), https://data.dubai/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence data.dubai

Visitors by region (quarterly)

Latest figure from the source: Q4 2025

Western Europe4,103+9.7% vs previous year
Suoth Asia2,888−7.9% vs previous year
Russia, CIS, EE (Eastern Europe)2,891+10.1% vs previous year
GCC2,995+9.3% vs previous year
MENA2,167+1.7% vs previous year
North Asia and South- East Asia1,853+2.3% vs previous year
Americas1,397+9.8% vs previous year
Africa897−0.7% vs previous year

Data as of 22 Oct 2026 · Source: Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment (Open Data via data.dubai), https://data.dubai/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence data.dubai

Visitors by nationality (latest year)

Latest figure from the source: 2022

The source has published no newer figure since then.

Total
25,174,095
Australia+New Zealand213,614
Bahrain95,876
China177,096
CIS: Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan264,564
Eastern Europe : Hungary + Czech Republic + Romania191,817
Egypt287,560
France364,268
Germany421,829

Data as of 30 Jun 2026 · Source: Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (Open Data via data.dubai), https://data.dubai/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence data.dubai

Indicative figures from registered transactions and rent contracts, not a valuation of any unit.

Prepared by Zolia from open data published on data.dubai under the Dubai Open Data Licence. data.dubai · Dubai Open Data Licence

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Data as of 22 Oct 2026