A total of 6.04 million international tourists visited Abu Dhabi and Dubai during the first three months of the year, a growth of 1.8 percent on year, figures from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) showed.
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114 Views | the publication reaches you by | Oman NewsAccording to the CBUAE’s figures, 52 percent of the tourists who visited Dubai during the period stayed in the emirate’s hotels, with those staying in the capital’s hotels up 0.5 percent during Q1 compared to the same period last year.
Tourists coming in from some source markets increased, with Omanis coming on top with a 27.1 percent growth, France placed second with a 17.5 percent increase in arrivals, followed by China (13.2 percent), Germany (5.2 percent), and the US (3.3 percent). Arrivals from Russia, India, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Pakistan decreased.
Most of the Dubai-bound tourists cane from other GCC, Middle Eastern and North African countries, accounting for 27 percent, 17 percent, and 10 percent respectively of the emirate’s total foreign arrivals.
Western Europe and North America comprised 23 percent and 7 percent respectively while South Asian visitors represented 16 percent.
US tourists who came to Abu Dhabi during the aforementioned period rose by 13.8 percent, followed by Egyptians at 9.7 percent, Jordanians (8.2 percent), and Pakistanis (6.5 percent).
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