Visitor numbers up in Abu Dhabi
The number of hotel guests staying in Abu Dhabi's 127 hotels, hotel apartments and resorts rose by 29 per cent in January this year compared to the same month last year, according to the latest figures released by the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority.
Last month some 198,139 guests stayed in Abu Dhabi with the number of guest nights also rising, this time by 20 per cent to 571,672.
The strong increase in guest arrivals and guest nights appears to have been significantly influenced by January's dynamic events calendar, which included the hosting of the Volvo Ocean Race and the fortnight of activities staged to coincide with it, the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship and the World Future Energy Summit, which attracted some 650 exhibiting companies to Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, explained His Excellency Mubarak Al Muhairi, director general, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (ADTCA).