The annual report recognised that during the period 2009 – 2016, the UAE capital recorded a compound annual growth rate of 19.81 percent in overnight visitors, placing the emirate in third place after Osaka and Chengdu.

Furthermore, during the first 11 months of 2016, Abu Dhabi recieved more than four million visitors.

H.E. Saif Saeed Ghobash, director general, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority, said, “Welcoming a growing number of overnight visitors [...] conveys our emirate’s commitment to providing the highest standards of hospitality, coupled with internationally recognised business and leisure opportunities.”