MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: Abu Dhabi sees 50% leisure visitors by 2015 - UAE
MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: Abu Dhabi sees 50% leisure visitors by 2015 - UAE: "Abu Dhabi, May 1st, 2006 (WAM)-- Abu Dhabi expects leisure travellers to form 50 per cent of all visitors arriving in the emirate by 2015.
At present only 25 per cent of hotel guests in Abu Dhabi are leisure travellers. Though the business travel segment continues to see growth, the government is undertaking a number of projects to boost the share of the leisure sector in tourism.
'We are targeting three million hotel guests (per year) by 2015. At present business travellers represent about 75 per cent of hotels guests in Abu Dhabi. We want the leisure segment to grow to 50 per cent,' Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority Director-General Mubarak Hamad Al Muhairi told Gulf News yesterday.
'To reach that target we need to increase our current hotel room capacity from 8,000 to 25,000. So we are expecting to build 17,000 more rooms,' he said.
He said several initiatives taken by the Abu Dhabi government have won the trust of potential investors and the number of people interested in building new hotels is increasing.
The tourism authority would be revising its numbers and targets at the end of 2006, Al Muhairi said.
Abu Dhabi recently unveiled the Saadiyat Island project, designed to transform the 27-square kilometre natural island, 500 metres offshore the capital city, into a major tourism destination.
Projects worth Dh100 billion on the island include 29 hotels, including a seven-star property.
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At present only 25 per cent of hotel guests in Abu Dhabi are leisure travellers. Though the business travel segment continues to see growth, the government is undertaking a number of projects to boost the share of the leisure sector in tourism.
'We are targeting three million hotel guests (per year) by 2015. At present business travellers represent about 75 per cent of hotels guests in Abu Dhabi. We want the leisure segment to grow to 50 per cent,' Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority Director-General Mubarak Hamad Al Muhairi told Gulf News yesterday.
'To reach that target we need to increase our current hotel room capacity from 8,000 to 25,000. So we are expecting to build 17,000 more rooms,' he said.
He said several initiatives taken by the Abu Dhabi government have won the trust of potential investors and the number of people interested in building new hotels is increasing.
The tourism authority would be revising its numbers and targets at the end of 2006, Al Muhairi said.
Abu Dhabi recently unveiled the Saadiyat Island project, designed to transform the 27-square kilometre natural island, 500 metres offshore the capital city, into a major tourism destination.
Projects worth Dh100 billion on the island include 29 hotels, including a seven-star property.
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