Makkah has been ranked as one of the fastest growing cities in the world in the hotel and tourism sector, as it witnessed during the past two years the highest growth rate in the number of five-star hotels in its history, and the largest increase in hotel rooms in its history, bringing together all internationally renowned hotel brands and various hotel stars and hotel units, making it reap large profitable returns, encouraging investment in it.
Makkah is one of the fastest growing cities in the world in the hospitality and tourism sector.
Mecca is the most expensive investment sector in the world The Kingdom's Vision 2030 reinforces the private sector's interest in creating a luxurious world in the hospitality industry, as the government directs an increase in Umrah visas, which requires increasing the capacity of hostels and residential units, especially the areas surrounding the Makkah Haram or the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, which has a positive impact on the financial return on the hotel sector, as Makkah is considered the most expensive real estate investment in the world. The price per square meter in some plots surrounding the Haram reaches one million riyals, and the increase in granting Umrah visas gradually for the coming years, in line with the completion of the huge expansions of the Makkah Haram to reach, according to the Vision 2030 plan, 30 million pilgrims annually, which means the demand for more projects for the accommodation sector to provide thousands of hotel rooms to accommodate these large numbers of pilgrims. Billion Muslims hope to visit holy sites
With more than two billion Muslims in the world hoping to visit the holy capital and Medina, Abdulrahman Al-Sanea, Vice Chairman of the National Tourism Committee of the Council of Saudi Chambers, confirmed that Makkah and Medina have the largest attraction factor at the global level, and Al-Sanea added that the accommodation sector in the holy capital, represented by hotels and apartments, achieves good occupancy rates of more than 70% annually of the available capacity in the holy capital, the best rate at a regional level for hotels and hotel apartments, and the average room prices are the highest, as the peak season is considered in Ramadan, then the Hajj season period 100% occupancy rate for hotels
In a similar context, Ismail Sari, General Manager of Conrad Makkah Hotel, said that Makkah is honored by God with many advantages, including large job opportunities in the hotel sector, and Sari believes that there is a great change in the accommodation sector in Makkah, for example, we at Conrad Makkah have reached 38% happiness, including department managers and managers on duty, and we were able to achieve a change in work culture and professionalism in it and present it with a team spirit.
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Sri explained that the peak season period, especially the last ten days of Ramadan this year, achieved 100% room occupancy without claiming marketing efforts, and of course there are periods of recession, but they are relatively few, and do not exceed the average 40% usually, and Gulf countries in particular and Saudis in general, are the most visited to Mecca and demand the service of high-end hotels, and of course they do not need a visa to visit the Kingdom.
2532 licensed establishments in Makkah
.According to recent statistics of the Tourism Information Center "MAS", the number of hotels and hotel apartments licensed in Makkah by the General Authority for Tourism and National Heritage is 2532 establishments.
According to recent statistics of the Tourism Information Center "MAS
It is worth noting that the number of visas issued to Umrah pilgrims this year reached six million two hundred and eighty thousand Umrah visas from the various consulates and representatives of the Kingdom in various countries, and Egyptian pilgrims are the most numerous in obtaining Umrah visas at the level of the Islamic world, followed by Pakistan and Turkey.
