104
Hotels
That puts Ibra at 6 of 11 on the official table.
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Ibra · Topic file
Does Ibra have a real place economy, or just rooms on paper?
A lot of governorates are sold on heritage, climate, scenery or access. The numbers have to back up the story — empty rooms are not a visitor economy. For Ibra, the honest read comes down to hotels and hotel occupancy rate.
14.0%
Hotel occupancy rate
That puts Ibra at 11 of 11 on the official table.
The numbers
Where Ibra stands today, chart by chart
Hotels
Number of hotels by governorate in 2025.
NCSI Statistical Year Book 2026, Table 2-21.
Hotel occupancy rate
Hotel occupancy rate by governorate in 2025.
NCSI Statistical Year Book 2026, Table 9-21.
The trend over time
How Ibra got here
Hotels
How quickly the hotel base is growing — useful for spotting where the tourism story is real on the ground, and where it is still mostly a brochure.
2022–2024: Table 2-21, Statistical Year Book 2025 (Issue 53). 2025: Table 2-21, Statistical Year Book 2026 (Issue 54).
Hotel occupancy rate
How full the hotels actually are. Capacity is easy to build; this is the line that tells you whether visitors are turning up.
2022–2024: Table 9-21, Statistical Year Book 2025 (Issue 53). 2025: Table 9-21, Statistical Year Book 2026 (Issue 54).
Reading the charts
What the latest tables are really saying
- Ibra is showing 104 on hotels. That puts Ibra at 6 of 11 on the official table.
- Ibra is showing 14.0% on hotel occupancy rate. That puts Ibra at 11 of 11 on the official table.
- MOHUP's strategy for Ash Sharqiyah North revolves around Ibra as an applied-technology city, supported by advanced manufacturing, education, food-industry activity in Sinaw and specialized camel-related industries in Bidiyah. Visitor numbers, service quality and the feel of the place are part of the real test here, not just the branding.
Why this file matters
The strategy Ibra is being measured against
Hotels, occupancy, and whether the place is becoming a real destination or just adding rooms.
MOHUP's strategy for Ash Sharqiyah North revolves around Ibra as an applied-technology city, supported by advanced manufacturing, education, food-industry activity in Sinaw and specialized camel-related industries in Bidiyah.
- Ibra is meant to become a nationally relevant centre of applied technology and tech-engineering.
- Sinaw is expected to strengthen its role in food processing, trade and visitor activity.
- Bidiyah is assigned a niche but distinct role around camel industries, tourism and related economic activity.
Related topic files
Five more ways into the Ash Sharqiyah North execution map
These linked files cover the other live tests in the same governorate, so the numbers on capital, jobs, services, tourism, utilities, and urban buildout can be read together instead of in isolation.
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Capital deployment
How much money is actually being committed, and whether the property market is picking up the signal.
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Urban buildout and housing
Population, permits and whether the place is actually being built fast enough for the role it has been handed.
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Jobs and enterprise
The jobs and businesses that show whether the governorate has a working economy, or just a project list.
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Human capability and essential services
Whether schools and hospitals are keeping up — the simplest read on whether people can build a life here.
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Infrastructure and utilities
Roads, water and the quiet base layer that usually decides whether any of the rest of it actually works.