Free theme park tickets boost Abu Dhabi hotels

As a part of this year’s SummerFest Abu Dhabi, any guests booking three nights at over 35 selected Abu Dhabi hotels, excluding during Eid, will receive free entry tickets to the Ferrari World Abu Dhabi theme park and Yas Waterworld water park.

The promotion, organised by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), will be distributed through wholesalers, GCC agents and hotel websites and will include complimentary WiFi and free meals for children under 12 years old.

The highest performing promotion seller also stands the chance of winning tickets to November’s F1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

This year, SummerFest Abu Dhabi has been expanded to 52-days, running June 27 to August 17, and will span mid-summer, the Holy Month of Ramadan, Eid Al Fitr and the destination's traditional EidFest celebrations.

In addition, this summer TCA Abu Dhabi will be taking the emirate’s SummerFest Abu Dhabi promotion on the road across the GCC with shows in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar running from June 9 to June 13.

This GCC road show comes as TCA Abu Dhabi’s figures reveal that 57,343 Gulf nationals, excluding Emiratis, stayed in Abu Dhabi’s hotels in the first four months of 2013 equating to a total of 129,161 guest nights, a 4% increase, and stayed on average 2.27 nights.