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Holiday-let Dubai
For holiday-let (Airbnb / DET-licensed) investors, the right areas combine tourist footfall, walkability to attractions and DLD-permitted short-term licensing. The list below filters Dubai to its tourism-zone districts and ranks them by live gross rental yield.
The 12 areas below are ordered by the rule described in the methodology section. Each row links to the full area scorecard with live DLD pricing, rental yields, and the Oliva area score. Every number on this page comes from the public DLD open-data feed via the Oliva /discover/areas endpoint — refreshed nightly, with no paid placements.
Tourism-zone district with a long-let yield baseline of 7.68%; STR operators typically uplift this with seasonal pricing.
Long-let yield
7.68%
Tourism-zone district with a long-let yield baseline of 6.92%; STR operators typically uplift this with seasonal pricing.
Long-let yield
6.92%
Tourism-zone district with a long-let yield baseline of 5.87%; STR operators typically uplift this with seasonal pricing.
Long-let yield
5.87%
Tourism-zone district with a long-let yield baseline of 5.33%; STR operators typically uplift this with seasonal pricing.
Long-let yield
5.33%
Tourism-zone district with a long-let yield baseline of 5.30%; STR operators typically uplift this with seasonal pricing.
Long-let yield
5.30%
Tourism-zone district with a long-let yield baseline of 5.28%; STR operators typically uplift this with seasonal pricing.
Long-let yield
5.28%
Tourism-zone district with a long-let yield baseline of 4.93%; STR operators typically uplift this with seasonal pricing.
Long-let yield
4.93%
Tourism-zone district with a long-let yield baseline of 4.87%; STR operators typically uplift this with seasonal pricing.
Long-let yield
4.87%
Tourism-zone district with a long-let yield baseline of 4.41%; STR operators typically uplift this with seasonal pricing.
Long-let yield
4.41%
Tourism-zone district with a long-let yield baseline of 4.26%; STR operators typically uplift this with seasonal pricing.
Long-let yield
4.26%
Tourism-zone district with a long-let yield baseline of 2.92%; STR operators typically uplift this with seasonal pricing.
Long-let yield
2.92%
Tourism-zone district with a long-let yield baseline of 2.67%; STR operators typically uplift this with seasonal pricing.
Long-let yield
2.67%
The filter is the set of Dubai tourism-zone districts where short-term holiday-home licensing is most active (Downtown, Marina, JBR, Palm, Business Bay, JVC, Bluewaters, City Walk, DIFC, JLT). Within that set, ordering is by trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry, descending. Yields shown are long-let-equivalent baselines; STR uplift varies by operator and season.
Oliva is a RERA-licensed brokerage (BRN 1573501) with no paid placements from developers — the rankings on this page are computed mechanically from the underlying DLD data, not negotiated. Full scoring rules at /en/methodology.
Based on live Dubai Land Department data, the top three are Al Barsha South (III), JVC (Jumeirah Village Circle), Business Bay. Al Barsha South (III) leads with long-let yield 7.68%. The full ranking on this page covers the top 12 areas, refreshed daily from the public DLD open-data feed.
The filter is the set of Dubai tourism-zone districts where short-term holiday-home licensing is most active (Downtown, Marina, JBR, Palm, Business Bay, JVC, Bluewaters, City Walk, DIFC, JLT). Within that set, ordering is by trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry, descending. Yields shown are long-let-equivalent baselines; STR uplift varies by operator and season.
Every metric on this page — sale price, price-per-sqft, rental yield, project count, area score — comes from the Dubai Land Department open-data feed (sales + Ejari rentals), refreshed nightly. Oliva is a RERA-licensed brokerage (BRN 1573501) and does not accept paid placements from developers, so the rankings are not pay-to-play.
Yes. The page revalidates every 6 hours against the live /discover/areas-summary feed, which itself pulls from the DLD transaction file each night. If a previously top-ranked area drops on yield or price, its position here moves on the next revalidation cycle.
All areas on this page are within Dubai's designated freehold zones, where foreign buyers can own property outright (including the land title, where applicable). Always validate the specific plot in the official DLD freehold designation map before signing a Sale and Purchase Agreement.
Yes. The Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) issues holiday-home permits — either as a self-managed owner permit or via a DET-licensed operator. The unit must be registered on the DET portal, the owner must hold an Ejari, and the building's OA must permit short-term lets (many do not).
It varies by area, building and operator. The yields shown on this page are long-let baselines from the DLD Ejari registry. Top STR operators in Marina/Downtown/Palm report 20–60% uplift over long-let on occupancy-adjusted basis — but with materially higher operating cost and management overhead.
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