The Dubai Economy expected the emirate's tourism sector to grow 6.6% during the next year, noting that the sector's growth in 2020 exceeds the expected growth rates for other major sectors, due to the expected large increase in the number of visitors to the Expo 2020 Dubai.

In its annual report, Dubai Economy expected that the expected event will create more than 94.4 thousand full-time jobs, about 54% of which (51.1 thousand jobs) are in the catering and catering services sector.

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In detail, the annual report of the Dubai Economy expects that the tourism sector in the emirate will grow by 6.6% during the next year, outperforming the growth rate of the previous year, which reached 4.5%, and expectations for the growth of this year estimated at 3.1%.

The report, of which the Emirates Today obtained a copy, indicated that the growth of the tourism sector during the current year is higher than the expected rate of GDP growth for the emirate, indicating that the growth of the sector during the next year exceeds the expected growth rates for other major sectors of the Dubai economy , Due to the expected large increase in the number of visitors coming to Dubai during the "Expo 2020 Dubai" exhibition, which is estimated at 25 million visits.

important role

The Dubai Economic Report emphasized that tourism plays an important role in the emirate's economy, explaining that this role is indirect, through increasing the added value of other related sectors, such as aviation, airports, land and marine transport and construction sectors.

He indicated that the tourism sector achieved an added value estimated at 20.1 billion dirhams during the past year, and contributed 5.1% of the gross domestic product, expecting that "Expo 2020 Dubai" will have more than 94.4 thousand full-time jobs, including 51.1 thousand jobs (54%). Of the total jobs) in the catering and catering sector.

The report pointed out that the Dubai government succeeded in focusing on tourism and turning the emirate into a business center in the region and an important entertainment destination, and it is working to increase the number of tourism conferences and exhibitions.

A global destination

The report pointed out that Dubai maintained its fourth place among the global tourist destinations after Bangkok, London and Paris, with its reception of about 15.92 million tourists last year, indicating that the largest number of visitors came from Asian countries, where India ranked first, followed by visitors from the GCC countries Al-Khaleeji, especially from Saudi Arabia, then China and Russia.

He revealed that 30% of Dubai's international visitors came from three countries: India, Saudi Arabia and Britain, indicating that the share of the first 10 countries from which international visitors came came to about 58.4% of all tourists during the past year.

The report pointed out that the number of visitors from India alone reached two million tourists, while the number of visitors to the emirate from Saudi Arabia reached about 1.57 million tourists, while Dubai visited about 1.21 million tourists from the United Kingdom.

Chinese visitors

The Dubai Economic Department annual report stated that Dubai succeeded in attracting more visitors from China during the past year, noting that the number of visitors from China rose due to the new policy of the UAE government, which granted the visa to Chinese visitors upon their arrival at the country's airports.

Tourism growth in 2020 outpaces growth rates

Expected of other major sectors in Dubai,

Because of the expected large increase in visitors of the "Expo".

- 54%

One of the functions of «Expo

Dubai »in the services sector

Accommodation and restaurants.

- 20.1

One billion dirhams added value

Achieved by the tourism sector

In Dubai last year.