Dubai’s $400M in Tourism Aid Buys Time. Operators See Empty Rooms
Skift Take: With occupancy at 10% and summer ahead, fee exemptions may matter less than empty rooms.Read the Complete Story On Skift
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- Skift Take: With occupancy at 10% and summer ahead, fee exemptions may matter less than empty rooms.Read the Complete Story On Skift
- Dubai approved an economic incentives package of Dh1.5 billion ($408.4 million) for its tourism and hospitality sector on Thursday
The stakes
- The move follows an earlier Dh1 billion ($272 million) support package announced March 31, which deferred — rather than waived — government fees including hotel sales fees and the tourism dirham for three months
- Hotels in Dubai are typically subject to a 7% municipality fee, 5% value-added tax, and a per-night tourism dirham fee levied by the Dubai Department of
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Skift Take: With occupancy at 10% and summer ahead, fee exemptions may matter less than empty rooms.Read the Complete Story On Skift
Dubai approved an economic incentives package of Dh1.5 billion ($408.4 million) for its tourism and hospitality sector on Thursday
What happened
- Skift Take: With occupancy at 10% and summer ahead, fee exemptions may matter less than empty rooms.Read the Complete Story On Skift
- Dubai approved an economic incentives package of Dh1.5 billion ($408.4 million) for its tourism and hospitality sector on Thursday
- With occupancy at 10% and summer ahead, fee exemptions may matter less than empty rooms
- Tourism companies will also benefit from reduced fees for tour guides and desert safari operators, and additional time to settle e-link and hotel classification fees
Why this matters
- The move follows an earlier Dh1 billion ($272 million) support package announced March 31, which deferred — rather than waived — government fees including hotel sales fees and the tourism dirham for three months
- Hotels in Dubai are typically subject to a 7% municipality fee, 5% value-added tax, and a per-night tourism dirham fee levied by the Dubai Department of
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