Marketing has revealed in a statement that Dubai's hotels accommodated 1.89 million tourists and generated Dhs4.26bn in revenues in Q1 2009, a 5% increase over the corresponding period in 2008. DTCM has also noted a rise in the number of operating hotels and hotel apartments to 519 in Q1 2009, from 475 during the corresponding period in 2008, in addition an increase of 17% in accommodation capacity to 40,864 rooms from the same period in 2008.