PROMOTIONAL EVENTS IN US, UK, RUSSIA

Dubai Tourism last week held a series of in-person networking events in the US, UK and Russia to reinforce the message that Dubai is well-placed to welcome international visitors for Expo 2020 Dubai. Issam Kazim, CEO of Dubai Tourism, said: “We received encouraging feedback from participants at the recent engagements overseas, as we intensify efforts to attract more visitors from all of our strategic markets that are open.”

Dubai Tourism revealed that the emirate welcomed close to three million visitors from January to July 2021. Dubai also ranked second globally ahead of London and Paris in terms of hotel occupancy with hotels enjoying 61 per cent average occupancy levels in the first seven months of 2021. The UAE also has one of the world’s highest per capita vaccination rates.