UAE still has most hotel rooms under construction

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The UAE has retained its position as leading MENA regional hotel development hotspot, according to a fresh survey by London-based industry analysts STR Global.

The survey shows that of the 71,993 hotel rooms under construction, 29,292 of them were within the UAE, while Saudi Arabia’s 16,680 placed it second.

Dubai still outranked all other emirates within the UAE, with 16,768 rooms under construction – more than the entire Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Abu Dhabi followed with 8,479