The UAE topped the Middle East region in terms of the number of hotel projects under construction and planning, which reached 199 hotels and hotel apartment facilities comprising 58,210 hotel rooms of various categories.
This represents approximately 31.5 percent of the total number of hotel projects in various stages of construction and planning in the Middle East region, which reached 631 projects, according to a report issued by Top Hotel Projects.
The report showed that the Emirate of Dubai topped the region’s cities in terms of the number of hotel projects, which reached 142 projects comprising 43,410 hotel rooms.
Riyadh came in second place with 41 projects comprising 9,586 thousand rooms, and Jeddah came in third place with 37 projects comprising 9,139 thousand rooms, according to the report.
The number of hotel projects under construction in Ras Al Khaimah has reached 17 projects comprising 5,468 rooms, and in Abu Dhabi it has reached 15 projects comprising 2,610 of various categories.
The report indicated that the three most important hotel projects under construction and development in the region are located in Dubai, namely the Ciel Dubai Hotel, which will open in 2023 and will be the tallest hotel in the world when its construction is completed.
It will offer 892 rooms and 150 suites in a 365-meter tower in Dubai Marina, while the Paramount Tower Hotel & Residences Dubai will open during the first quarter of next year and will include a 64-story tower with a hotel with 787 rooms, while the Millennium Place JVT Dubai, which has 579 rooms, will open in the third quarter of this year.
UAE leads the Middle East in the number of hotel projects under construction
