Dubai hotels outperform international destinations on New Year’s Eve

The hotel market in Dubai recorded strong performance levels during New Year’s Eve, with the overall hotel occupancy rate reaching 93.7%, making the emirate outperform the most prominent tourist destinations in the world, including the cities of London, Paris, New York, Singapore and Tokyo, according to the specialized “Costar” group. in hotel market data and analysis, based in the United States.

Data sent by the group to Emirates Today showed the continued strong performance of the hotel market in the emirate, with the hotel occupancy index in Dubai increasing by more than 4% during the New Year’s Eve 2025, compared to the same night of the previous year, as the hotel occupancy rate reached At that time, it reached 90%, while this growth came despite the entry of about 3,000 new hotel rooms into the market, and the data revealed that the average price of a hotel room in Dubai reached $561. During New Year’s Eve, compared to $528 for the same night in the previous year, while the average revenue per available hotel room increased from $478 to $528, with Dubai recording growth in various performance indicators: occupancy, revenue, and price.

Dubai surpassed the most prominent tourist destinations in the world in hotel occupancy rates during New Year’s Eve 2025, as the hotel occupancy rate in the French capital, Paris, reached 91.8%, and in the British capital, London, to 89.9%, compared to a hotel occupancy rate of 88.9% in New York City. America, 85.6% in Singapore, and 85.5% in the Japanese capital, Tokyo.

Costas Nikolaidis, CEO of STR in the Middle East and Africa, which specializes in research and is affiliated with the Costar Group, told Emirates Today: “Dubai has always been a popular destination for celebrating New Year’s, as it offers an unparalleled experience in… This is an occasion for visitors, so it is not surprising that the hotel occupancy rate reached 93.7% on New Year’s Eve.”

Nikolaidis added that the average daily price of a hotel room in Dubai rose by 6.2% to $561.

He continued: “On New Year’s Eve, performance in six of the world’s largest tourist destinations recorded strong growth for another year, as available room revenue rose by 17.8% in Tokyo, compared to New Year’s Day 2023, mostly driven by a 16.5% increase in average price.” Daily,” pointing out that Japan is witnessing a tourism recovery after the decline in the value of the yen in recent years, at a time when Paris is witnessing a wave of demand after the recent Olympic Games, as hotel occupancy increased by 8.2% on an annual basis. Annually, which pushed hotel prices to rise to $591.

153.39 thousand hotel rooms

The number of hotel rooms in Dubai, at the end of November 2024, reached more than 153,390 hotel rooms, within 828 hotel establishments, compared to about 149,685 hotel rooms within 820 establishments at the end of November 2023. In addition to these hotel rooms, Dubai provides thousands of units. Holiday homes.

Luxury “five-star” hotel rooms accounted for 35% of the total size of the hotel market in Dubai, recording about 53.9 thousand hotel rooms within 168 hotel establishments, followed by “four-star” hotel rooms with a percentage of 28%, recording about 43.3 thousand. Hotel room within 194 establishments.

For its part, hotels classified between “three stars” and “one star” accounted for about 20% of the total size of the hotel market, with a capacity exceeding 29.7 thousand hotel rooms within 278 hotel facilities.

As for hotel apartments, they recorded about 26.3 thousand rooms within 188 establishments, thus accounting for about 17% of the total size of the hotel market in Dubai.