| About Dubai / Tourism |
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| Tourism |
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| Currently, international tourism is considered by many to be the most important industry in the world. |
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| Tourism is, in a way, an export. Visitors come to the country with money to spend on a travel experience, an intangible product |
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| Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DTCM) is the responsible organization for tourism in Dubai. |
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| In 2001 Global Travel Magazine- Germany Awarded Dubai with |
Best Holiday Destination |
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Best Shopping Destination |
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| In 2001 World Travel Magazine- Malaysia Awarded Dubai with |
Middle East Leading Destination |
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| The focus of DTCM is on attracting affluent, up market visitors, targeting business
travelers
and the incentive travel market in order to maximize tourism income. Tourism and related industries are estimated to account for about 15% of Dubai’s GDP. The government aims to bring the figure up to 20% by 2010. |
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 Dubai target is to achieve 15 million tourists in 2010. |
| Dubai is planning to have 80,000 hotel rooms by 2010, 50,000 more then its current capacity. |
UAE is now ranked 18th on the global competitive rankings for tourism, it tops the region in tourism.
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| There were 920,000 British visitors to Dubai in 2005. |
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| As of December 2006 |
| Number of Hotels ; 306 |
| Number of Hotels Apartments: 115 |
| Number of Hotels Apartment Rooms: 9039 |
| Hotels Apartment Occupany Rate: 77% |
| Number of Hotels Rooms: 31,580 |
| Hotels Occupany Rate: 79% |
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