Visitors figures to Abu Dhabi have climbed ten per cent in the first five months of 2011 while hotel revenues have increased by six per cent, according a report in Reuters.

The Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority revealed that hotels in the capital of the UAE received 866,501 guests in the first five months of 2011.

Revenues rose to Dhs1.9bn despite falling room rates, while the average hotel occupancy rate climbed to 71 per cent of capacity.

City.Mobi

Also in the UAE today, City.Mobi is celebrating the success of its new guide to Abu Dhabi.

City.Mobi offers the most comprehensive mobile travel guides available, with over 800 cities in 200 countries listed. Each is developed by the City.Mobi team to combine into a single global travel directory.

However, each city retains its own mobile identity via a dedicated domain. Already on offer are Brussels.Mobi, Paris.Mobi, Sanfrancisco.Mobi and Sydney.Mobi.

AbuDhabi.mobi is the latest in this illustrious line up, offering click to call functionality – which means no scribbling down telephone numbers.