Dubai's luxury hotels are increasingly dependent on residents enjoying staycation offers due to a decline in tourist numbers caused by regional conflicts. Exclusive resident deals have become a vital lifeline for the high-end hospitality sector.

Once reserved for wealthy travellers, Dubai’s top-notch hotels have become almost exclusively reliant on residents, drawn in by dizzying staycation offers as war drives tourists away. On the Palm, an artificial island that has become synonymous with Dubai opulence, five-star hotels are busy on weekends and holidays once more, despite having been deserted by tourists. The clientele is driven by hotels offering residents-only deals that have become a lifeline for Dubai’s luxury tourism. “I had...