Sharjah recorded a 3 percent growth in the number of hotel guests in 2019 compared to 2018, reaching 1.8 million last year with a hotel occupancy rate of 66 percent, according to the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA). In terms of nationalities, guests from the Russian Federation topped the list, followed by GCC countries such as Saudi Arabia and Oman, then India. Khalid Jasim Al Midfa, chairman of ...