Isibalo sezivakashi zamahhotela ezihlala emahhotela angu-163 nasezindlini zamahhotela ngoMashi sifinyelele ku-464,960, okusho ukuthi sikhuphuke ngo-12.3% uma siqhathaniswa nenyanga efanayo ngonyaka odlule, ngokwezibalo ezikhishwe uMnyango Wezamasiko Nezokuvakasha – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi).

Lokho kwakusho ukuthi ingqikithi yenani lezivakashi zamahhotela ezinyangeni ezintathu zokuqala zonyaka lalingu-1,289,537, okuwukunyuka konyaka ngo-10.9% ngezimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe ezibalulekile ezibhalisa izinzuzo ezimangalisayo.

Phakathi nenyanga, izinombolo zezivakashi ezivela emakethe yemithombo yamazwe omhlaba ehamba phambili e-China zikhuphuke ngo-15.4% zafinyelela ku-40,800, izivakashi zaseNdiya zikhule ngo-32% zaya ku-35,200 kanti i-UK inyuke ngo-24% yafinyelela ku-28,000. Ezinye izimakethe ezibalulekile, ikakhulukazi i-United States neJalimane, nazo zibhalise ukukhuphuka kwamadijithi amabili lapho i-US ikhuphuke ngo-29% yaya ku-19,300 kanti iJalimane ikhuphuke ngo-36% kuya ku-18,800 izivakashi.

Izibalo ezihlaba umxhwele zilandela irekhodi eliqopha umlando lango-2017 lapho izivakashi ezinamahloni eziyizigidi ezinhlanu zihleli edolobheni lase-Abu Dhabi, Isifunda sase-Al Al Ain kanye nendawo yokuhlala yase-Al Dhafra.

Izivakashi ezisekelwe e-UAE ziphinde zenyuka ngoMashi zafinyelela ku-134,631, okuwukukhuphuka kusuka enanini lika-March 2017 labangu-130,125.
Zontathu izifunda ezibhalisiwe, isivakashi sehhotela siyakhuphuka futhi i-Al Dhafra izihola phambili ngokukhuphuka ngo-22.7%, kulandele idolobha lase-Abu Dhabi elinyuke ngo-12.8% kanye ne-Al Ain ekhuphuke ngo-5.3%.

Ikota yokuqala yalo nyaka ibone i-China igcina isikhundla sayo njengomphakeli ohamba phambili wamahhotela ezivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe, namaShayina angaphezu kuka-127,000 ahlala e-emirate - okukhuphuke ngo-31% uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2017. Izivakashi zaseNdiya zidlule ku-100,000 futhi zabonisa ukukhuphuka okungama-30% ngenkathi i-UK ibhalise ukunyuka kwama-25%, i-US ikhuphuke ngo-24% neJalimane ikhuphuke ngama-27%.

U-HE Saif Saeed Ghobash, ongunobhala ongaphansi e-DCT Abu Dhabi, uthe, “Inqubekelaphambili yethu ekuheheni abantu abaningi ukuthi bahlole i-emirate njengendawo evakashelwa kuyo iwubufakazi bokutshalwa kwezimali kwethu okuqhubekayo ezinhlobonhlobo zezindawo ezikhangayo zase-Abu Dhabi kanye nohlelo lonyaka wonke lwemicimbi.

Utshalomali lwethu oluhlosiwe lokumaketha ezimakethe eziyinhloko luklonyeliswa ngokukhula okumangalisayo okunamadijithi amabili njengoba ukuqwashisa kwethu umhlaba wonke kukhula futhi sithuthukela ekubeni indawo 'okufanele ivakashelwe' eyakhelwe phezu kokuhlangenwe nakho okuyingqayizivele namagugu amasiko anothile. Sinenhloso enkulu yokuheha izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-8.5 ngonyaka ngo-2021 okuzothuthukisa kakhulu umnotho futhi kusekele umkhankaso wethu wokuhlukahluka komnotho.”

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HE Saif Saeed Ghobash, Undersecretary at DCT Abu Dhabi, said, “Our progress in attracting more people to explore the emirate as a visitor destination is testament to our continuous investment into Abu Dhabi's diverse range of attractions and year-round program of events.
The first quarter of this year has seen China maintain its position as leading international hotel guest supplier, with more than 127,000 Chinese staying in the emirate – an increase of 31% compared to the same period in 2017.
That meant that the total number of hotel guests in the first three months of the year was 1,289,537, a year-on-year increase of 10.