WOMEN ON UAE TRAVEL TRENDS

We see a trend in families travelling early this summer.... we have seen a rise in interest to places such as Serbia, ukraine, Bosnia, Montenegro and Bulgaria. The main summer destinations such as Switzerland, Austria, Italy are still very popular with travellers from this region

Andrea Bailey, Travel counsellor

The idea of holidaying is more of indulging in activities that give adrenaline rush and experiencing something new... Being in stressful work-life, people are looking for organic holidays which involves being in nature and connecting with oneself like yoga or detox retreat

Sapna Aidasani, Pluto Travels

We are witnessing a hike in the travel trend of all ages. Generation X has a better buying power and financial freedom right now. Vacations and multi-generational travel are more popular as it consists of family members of all ages... they travel to reconnect and create memories together

Hemali Shah, Managing director of City One Tourism and Travel

We certainly see an increase this year in outbound and inbound travel; we also see a spike in travel to European countries... we are expecting to see more inbound travel in the coming months and surely a major increase towards year-end. Experiential travel is the in thing right now

Benzy Nazar, Chief executive officer of Akbar Holidays