Dubai witnesses 32 pc growth in international overnight visitors in 2021; welcomes 7.28 million travellers

Dubai welcomed 7.28 million worldwide in a single day guests in 2021, together with 910,000 from India, representing 32 per cent year-on-year progress, Dubai’s Division of Financial system and Tourism (DET) mentioned on Friday. The important thing worldwide markets of Dubai regained momentum with constructive performances led by its primary supply market India with 910,000 guests, adopted by 491,000 travellers from Saudi Arabia whereas Russia and the UK contributed 444,000 and 420,000 guests, respectively, DET mentioned in an announcement.

Based on the information, worldwide visitation to Dubai surpassed 3.4 million guests within the fourth quarter of 2021, which is 74 per cent of the overall pre-pandemic vacationer arrivals of the fourth quarter in 2019.

This paved the best way for motels in Dubai to ship a stellar fourth quarter efficiency that surpassed pre-pandemic ranges, it famous.

For the primary time, the resort sector outperformed pre-pandemic ranges throughout all measurements within the fourth quarter of 2021, together with over 81.4 per cent occupancy in comparison with 80.7 per cent throughout the identical interval in 2019, DET said.

“Dubai’s success in 2021 is testomony to the rigorously calibrated technique and decisive measures that had been put in place on the outset to counter and handle the pandemic throughout all sectors together with commerce and tourism.” DET Director Common Helal Saeed Al Marri mentioned.

“As we transfer ahead all through 2022, we’re assured that the numerous momentum now gathered will speed up even additional to proceed to draw not simply vacationers but in addition buyers, entrepreneurs and innovators to Dubai, enabling them to take pleasure in and avail themselves of all that our multi-faceted metropolis has to supply,” he added.