What Hotels Destinations Are The Arab Market Searching For Coming New Year’s Eve? (First 5 Destinations)
By: Muhammad J.
Tags: Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Hotel, Hotel Accomodation, Travel

What Hotels Destinations Are The Arab Market Searching For Coming New Year’s Eve? (First 5 Destinations)

While the usual take off about Arabs in the news will be more found in the International Politics Section, I would like here to share our data from Batuta Hotels Booking Website about what destinations were Arabs interested in booking hotels in, coming new years eve.

Its not a secret that the big news coming from the middle east are mainly the ever unfolding tragedy of Syria, the refugees crisis and the economical turmoil in Egypt. But its nevertheless important to keep track of other developments the Arab Society is going through. Such as, the ever growing number of young families joining the growing middle classes, despite the growing gabs between the upper top classes and the masses of working classes.

If we take a look at the first 10 most wanted Hotels Booking Destination in the Arab Market, this might be a good start to analyze a bigger picture of Arab Society. In later articles, I will discuss data more in details, showing how analyzing each country alone gives a polarized picture about the Arab World. Therefore allowing to understand the varied situations the “Arab Citizen” lives in depending on location and economical and political factors varying from one country to another.

1- Dubai Crowns The First Most Wanted Destination Since Nearly 10 Years.

Dubai Hotels are without a doubt THE most wanted destination for a holiday in the Arabic Speaking Search in Google. The ever evolving Sci-Fi like city keeps its place in the first place for nearly a decade now.

Our prediction in Batuta Hotels Booking Website: Expect Dubai to stay there for a looong time to come! The UAE city is only leveraging its placement in the Arab Traveler’s imagination with new branding positioning efforts focusing on hosting many major reality tv shows that has millions of family viewers each Friday. In addition, the family experience tourist facilities in the city are unbeatable in a global standard.

2- Istanbul keeps a Remarkable Second Place despite all political instability of last summer.

Despite a very hot summer of all the wrong reasons in Istanbul, Istanbul Hotels are keeping their position as a top wanted vacation when it comes to the Arab Traveler. Seems like nothing will take Istanbul away from the top wanted destinations in the middle east. Even though one must point out that this second position in this list is strikingly surprising for it seems Istanbul managed to recover majorly this winter coming to the new years eve, after we did document a decline in the demand for Istanbul vacations during summer.

3- Jeddah in the 3rd Place Demonstrates The Strength of The Saudi Market.

Did you have doubts the Saudi Market is the strongest among Arab Countries? Did the news about the economical difficulties the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is facing lately make you think its gonna decline as a major Arab player? well… Think again! for Jeddah Hotels comes 3rd in our statistics depending mainly and for most on the local Saudi demand!

4- Qatar in the 4th Place Suggests That Tourism in Qatar Is a Trend To Watch in Coming Years.

Qatar Hotels are without a doubt the rising star among wanted Arab Vacation Destinations. Seems like the efforts the Qatari Government is investing in making Qatar one of the main cultural capitals of the Arab World is finally paying off. A friend told me that in the Qatari airport you see a sign stating: “Kuwait was the past, UAE is the present, while Qatar is the future”… looking at our statistics chart as we close this year this sentence doesn’t seem like a fantasy anymore.

5- Medina and Mecca in the 5th Place are a Clear Evidence on How High Religious Traveling Ranks in Muslim Culture.

Well, it doesn’t need explanation why its only normal that Medina Hotels and Mecca Hotels are some of the most wanted hotels in the Arab Winter Season? For the phrase: “The Mecca Of…” obviously was generated from somewhere!

The most Holly Places of Islam gets a major demand in winter for its much cooler and pleasant to perform the small haj called Umra in the winter when the heat of the Saudi Desert is less an agony. And you guessed it right: the demand for these destinations is not dependent only on the Saudi Market. :-)

Eager to hear about the next 5 destination that closes the list of the top 10 destinations? Wait for my next article in the coming few days! :-)