Only China had higher hotel occupancy than the UAE in 2020

The UAE had the second highest hotel occupancy in the world last year behind China,  the country’s economy ministry said.

Occupancy was 54.7 percent and 12.8 million guests were received by UAE hotels, it said, citing data from the World Tourism Organization and the Emirates Tourism Council.

The performance reflected how fast the country recovered from the pandemic’s impact, according to Ahmad Belhoul Al-Falasi, the UAE minister of state for entrepreneurship and SMEs.