Sharjah Hotel Occupancy Reaches 64%
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The Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) said hotel occupancy reached 671,662 guests during the first six months of the year. During the first quarter of 2009 there was a 15% decline in the number of tourists, but once source explained “the recent summer promotions have helped the hotel sector to record higher occupancy. As a result, the second-quarter hotel statistics reflected a growth…
Figures show that more than half of the 671,662 visitors stayed in hotels and the rest stayed in serviced apartments. GCC tourists accounted for 28% of the tourists, other Arab countries for 14%, Asian tourists 20%, and 32% of the tourists were from Europe. The remaining 6% of the visitors came from America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and the Pacific.
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