Dubai Luxury Hotels Court Local Residents as Tourism Slumps
Residents-only deals and steep discounts are keeping five-star hotels busy on weekends, but weekday occupancy remains as low as 20% to 30%, managers said.
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High-end establishments compete to attract local customers. These stays do not compensate for the loss of international tourists, who stayed for up to two weeks. Some hotels cut in salaries or staffStilts, infinity pools and private beaches at broken prices: for lack of tourists, Dubai hotels turn to a local clientele, which offers a luxury that became accessible in the midst of war in the Middle East.On the artificial island Palm Jumeirah, symb…
Dubai luxury hotels court local residents as tourism slumps
Once reserved for wealthy travellers, Dubai's top-notch hotels have become almost exclusively reliant on residents, drawn in by dizzying staycation offers as war drives tourists away. On the Palm, an artificial island that has become synonymous with Dubai opulence, five-star hotels are busy on weekends and holidays once more, despite having been deserted by tourists.
On the surface, Dubai seems to have recovered the pace: there is traffic, full restaurants and flights to operate. But the travel warnings, the breakdown in demand and the unusual discounts in hotels show that the confidence of tourists is still far from normal.
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