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Occupancy Rates for Qatar's Hotels Surge Nearly 10 Percent in 2011
Doha, May 09 (QNA) - Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) said that hotel occupancy rates were up nearly 10 percent in the first quarter of 2011 at 68 percent compared to 59 percent in 2010.
Qatar has also seen a significant increase of the visitors from GCC counties during the first three months of 2011 comparing with 2010 which is contributing as well tithe growth of the hotels occupancies .
The QTA in a press release said that the number of GCC visitors to Qatar increased by 48 per cent to 213,058 tourists over the first three months of 2011.
In terms of GCC travelers to Qatar, Saudi Arabia recorded the biggest increase in visitors from 71,943 in 2010 to 117,894 visitors in the first three months of 2011 a staggering 64 per cent increase. There were 30,787 visitors from the UAE and 18,249 from Kuwait in the first quarter of2011.
Spurred by the Asian Football Cup held in Doha in January 2011, hotel occupancy rates for that month were 24 percent higher than for January 2010.
The month of February also saw a significant increase - six percent higher than 2010.
In other figures released by the QTA, the increase in hotel occupancy rates coincided with a surge in hotel revenues. Revenues for five star establishments for the first three months of 2011 stood at QR578,955,468.60, nearly 20 per cent higher than for the same period in 2010 when the total revenues were 477,853,376.10.
January 2011's revenues for five star hotels in Qatar were more than QR204 million riyals an almost 60 percent increase on revenues for 2010 - again a result of the Asian Football Cup and other events taking place in Doha.
February also saw an increase in revenues for five star hotels recording QR 181,994,679.65 compared to QR157, 110,468.09 in February 2010.
Four star establishments saw similar gains in revenue for the first three months with QR155,394,909 in 2011 compared to QR144, 610,001 for the same period in 2010.
Qatar has also seen a significant increase of the visitors from GCC counties during the first three months of 2011 comparing with 2010 which is contributing as well tithe growth of the hotels occupancies .
The QTA in a press release said that the number of GCC visitors to Qatar increased by 48 per cent to 213,058 tourists over the first three months of 2011.
In terms of GCC travelers to Qatar, Saudi Arabia recorded the biggest increase in visitors from 71,943 in 2010 to 117,894 visitors in the first three months of 2011 a staggering 64 per cent increase. There were 30,787 visitors from the UAE and 18,249 from Kuwait in the first quarter of2011.
Spurred by the Asian Football Cup held in Doha in January 2011, hotel occupancy rates for that month were 24 percent higher than for January 2010.
The month of February also saw a significant increase - six percent higher than 2010.
In other figures released by the QTA, the increase in hotel occupancy rates coincided with a surge in hotel revenues. Revenues for five star establishments for the first three months of 2011 stood at QR578,955,468.60, nearly 20 per cent higher than for the same period in 2010 when the total revenues were 477,853,376.10.
January 2011's revenues for five star hotels in Qatar were more than QR204 million riyals an almost 60 percent increase on revenues for 2010 - again a result of the Asian Football Cup and other events taking place in Doha.
February also saw an increase in revenues for five star hotels recording QR 181,994,679.65 compared to QR157, 110,468.09 in February 2010.
Four star establishments saw similar gains in revenue for the first three months with QR155,394,909 in 2011 compared to QR144, 610,001 for the same period in 2010.
