Abu Dhabi-Mubasher: Ajman's latest tourism statistics showed a significant increase of 47% in total revenue year-on-year in the third quarter of 2015, according to the Ajman Tourism Development Department (ATDD).
Total tourism revenue jumped to AED 80.05 million in the three months ended 30 September 2015 from AED 54.6 million achieved in the same period of 2014.
"The figures are extremely encouraging knowing that the third quarter of 2015 is the lean period for the hotel industry because of the summer season and Ramadan, according to Faisal Al Nuaimi, General Manager of Ajman Tourism Development Department.
There was a decrease in the number of visitors to Ajman, but the number of guest nights grew by 49% to 300,948 in 2015 from 201,596 in 2014.
