Tag: Tourism Industry
Tourism Industry to Lose Over $1 Trillion; Can Reduce Global GDP...
Tourism, which is the third largest export sector in the global economy, is among the worst impacted sectors by the global pandemic. According to...
Dubai Ranks 1st in Arab Region, 6th Worldwide on Latest Global...
Dubai has maintained its top position as the leading Arab destination for medical travelers for the second year in a row, based on the...
Staycations, Domestic Travel to Lead GCC Tourism Recovery from COVID-19
Local tourism and domestic travel are expected to lead the UAE and wider GCC’s recovery from COVID-19 as we begin to see the easing...
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...
International Tourist Numbers Could Fall 60-80% in 2020, UNWTO
International tourism down 22% in Q1 and could decline by 60-80% over the whole year
67 million fewer international tourists up to March...
DCT Abu Dhabi Launches E-learning Platform for Industry Partners
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi on Tuesday announced the launch of the ‘Abu Dhabi Specialist Programme’, an e-learning platform which...
International Tourist Arrivals Could Fall by 20-30% in 2020
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released its updated assessment of the likely impact of the COVID-19 on international tourism. Taking into account the...
Strong GCC Consumer Optimism Underlines Opportunities for E-Commerce & Tourism
In a recent regional BCG study, 90% of consumers have expressed high optimism for their futures, with more than a quarter planning to increase...
Hong Kong to Maintain Its Position as Top City Destination
Global inbound arrivals are expected to grow by 4.2% to 1.47 billion trips in 2019, with the top 100 cities covering nearly 47% of...
ATM 2019: More than 2,500 exhibitors, 40,000 industry professionals from 150...
Hospitality professionals from every corner of the world will gather in Dubai tomorrow (Sunday, 28th April) for the opening of Arabian Travel Market,ATM, 2019,...
Dubai Tourism Report Reveals Key Travel Trends
Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, last year, as well as an overview of future activities, campaigns and strategies as Dubai progresses towards...
Arabian Travel Market 2018 Opens Tomorrow in Dubai
Travel trade professionals from across the world’s hospitality industry will descend upon Dubai tomorrow (Sunday 22nd) for the opening of Arabian Travel Market (ATM)...
2018 Key Travel & Tourism Trends Revealed
Produced by the World Travel & Tourism Council with research partner Oxford Economics, the annual Economic Impact Research helps businesses, NGOs and governments better understand key...
Arabian Travel Market 2016 opens tomorrow
Over 26,000 visitors expected to attend Middle East’s largest travel trade event with 2,800 confirmed exhibitors, 64 national pavilions, over 50 seminar and technology...
Stellar seminar line-up sets the agenda at Arabian Travel Market 2016
More than 50 wide-ranging seminar and tech theatre sessions are scheduled at Arabian Travel Market (ATM), which is taking place at Dubai World Trade...
Challenges ahead for Dubai tourism targets
Dubai’s target of 20 million visitors by 2020, part of its Tourism Vision 2020, is comfortably on track to materialize if recent increases in...
Dubai Prepares to Welcome 15 Million Visitors by 2015
Dubai’s tourism sector is one of main factors that help the city’s economy to grow and develop so much in the past decades. The...
Going green with the world: Ecotourism on the rise in UAE
Green tourism, also known as ecotourism is a relatively new type of tourism. It uses various techniques and practices to reduce or eliminate the...