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Key Q2 Travel Trends & Insights For GCC Released

Al Tayyar Strategic Online Business Unit, MENA’s largest homegrown digital travel company which manages two cutting-edge online travel platforms on the web, mobile web...

UAE Travellers Happy to Spend More on Personalised Travel

New research from global travel technology company Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR) has found that travellers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) would be willing...

Smartphones and Tablets Transform the Travel and Tourism Sector

The travel and tourism sector today is changing. However, that is not due only to the new habits of the consumers or the...

Middle East Tourists are UK’s Most Avid Shoppers

The United Kingdom has become one of the most popular travel destinations for Middle East tourists. As a result, visitors from the region have...

Accessible Tourism, theme of World Tourism Day 2016

Tourism for all: people with disabilities, senior citizens and families travelling with small children, and sooner or later all citizens will appreciate the advantages...

Asia is the driving force in global tourism

Asia continues to be the driving force in global tourism. According to the latest ITB World Travel Trends Report, this year the number of...

1500 medical tourists seek treatment through Dubai every day

Emirates Airlines is said to fly in 1,500 medical tourists daily to Dubai airport before they take onward flights to destinations such as India,...

Anticipated Social Media Buzz Can Drive Travellers Choices

How much positive feedback travelers think they'll get on social media can predict whether they intend to visit a tourism destination, a new University...

World Tourism At Standstill as 100% of Countries Impose Restrictions on...

COVID-19 has placed the whole world on lockdown, with new research from the World Tourism Organization showing that 100% of global destinations continue to...

Emirates Announces the Launch of “Share a Smile”

New multi-lingual campaign connects people through the humourous side of language Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines today unveiled a new campaign...

More Than 50 Teams Camped in Dubai in Recent Months to...

The UAE continues to be the preferred destination of international teams as they prepare for the upcoming Olympics and other major championships, with Dubai’s...

Dubai’s “Tourism Dirham” launches today, but some are not very happy

The new fee, the so-called “tourism dirham”, which was announced by the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) in January officially launches...

Royal Caribbean to exit Dubai after 2013

Royal Caribbean International will leave Dubai following its upcoming winter season with Serenade of the Seas, according to a Middle East report in the...

UAE tourism sector grew by 8%

A new report by the the National Bureau of Statistics revealed that the UAE tourism sector grew by 8% during the past three years. In...

Dubai Welcomes 12 Million Visitors in the First 9 Months of...

Dubai witnessed a surge in arrivals which accelerated the city’s tourism momentum with 12.08 million international overnight visitors in the first nine months of...
Yas Island Launches First Consumer Brand Campaign To Attract Israeli Holidaymakers

Yas Island to Attract Israeli Holidaymakers

The online campaign introduces the destination like nowhere else to the Israeli market. Yas Island Abu Dhabi, one of the world’s leading leisure and entertainment...

International Tourism Grew by 3.9% Despite Challenges

Demand for international tourism remained robust in 2016 despite challenges. International tourist arrivals grew by 3.9% to reach a total of 1,235 million, according...

Lines for visas at VFS ahead of summer holidays

As the hot season is fast approaching, many people in Dubai and the UAE plan to travel for summer holidays. But vacation trips can...