Dubai travel has recorded a high number of visitors traveling to the city in the Emirate for pleasure and tourism in recent period as released by the tourism board.
The popular destination in the Emirates has seen over 6.17 million worldwide tourists from January to May 2022, up from roughly 2 million during a similar period last year, the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) put in out during their semiannual City Briefing for the year 2022.
Between the months of January to May this year, the Golf city came first after popular cities like London, Paris and New York City in the United States of America when they recorded an increase percentage of 76 in hotel occupancy in the said months due to the inundated amount of visitors compared to the same period last year.
The Director General of the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET), Helal Saeed Almarri, said “We are building on the massive momentum generated by the hugely successful Expo 2020 to drive growth across all our tourism pillars from cultural to culinary experiences, while working towards achieving the ambitious goal of making Dubai the most visited destination and the city of the future that will be the best place in the world to live and work”.
“As we look ahead to the remainder of 2022 and beyond, we will harness the key elements that have ensured the industry’s steady growth year after year since we reopened to international visitors in 2020 – providing an unparalleled diverse destination offering that offers unique value and memorable experiences for our guests,” he added.
In addition to Expo 2020 and savvy global campaigns, visitor growth has also been spurred by the recent opening of a slate of hotels, including Movenpick JVT, W Mina Seyahi and Taj Exotica Resort & Spa the Palm. Later this year, Atlantis, The Royal, Marriott Resort Palm Jumeirah and Hilton Dubai Jumeirah are scheduled to debut.
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates known for extravagance shopping, ultramodern architectures and an enthusiastic nightlife scene. Burj Khalifa is a 830m tall tower, overwhelms the high rise filled horizon. At its foot lies Dubai Fountain with planes and lights arranged to music. On artificial islands simply seaward is Atlantis, The Palm, a retreat with water and marine-creature parks.
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