Accommodation sector bouncing back in Qatar as revenue per available room increase significantly

Doha: According to a mid-year performance report of Qatar’s tourism and hospitality sectors, hotel accommodation supply in Qatar grew 7% between H1 2020 and H1 2021. The increase was primarily driven by additional hotel apartment and five-star hotel keys in operation across the country. The total number of keys at the end of Q2 2021 amounted to 29.7 thousand keys, compared to 27.8 thousand keys at the same time last year.

Even with the supply growth, the hospitality sector (excluding properties utilized for quarantine purposes) recorded a 7% increase in overall occupancy rates compared to the same period last year.  The occupancy rate averaged 60% across H1 2021, compared to 55% across H1 2020. The report also shows a 16% increase in average room rate (to 438 QAR) and a 24% increase in revenue per available room (to 266 QAR), compared with the same period last year.