211,000 searches for flights to the country in the first week of January

"Wego": Providing the Corona vaccine in the UAE enhances travelers' confidence

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The company "Wego", which specializes in the sector of travel services and online reservations, confirmed that the provision of the new Corona virus (Covid-19) vaccine in the Emirates encourages return to travel and enhances the confidence of travelers coming to the country, noting that more than 211 thousand A search for airline tickets from abroad to the UAE, during the first week of January 2021.

The company stated, to Emirates Today, that the average ticket price to the UAE amounted to 344 dollars (1262 dirhams).

Demand for travel

In detail, Mamoun Humaidan, the general manager of the company "Wego", which specializes in the travel services sector and online reservations for the Middle East, North Africa and India, said, "The demand for flights and travel to the UAE is increasing, especially after the announcement of the provision of a (Covid-19) vaccine about Gradually the world, the return of air traffic, and the resumption of flights from the region ».

He stressed that with the start of providing the "Covid-19" vaccine in the country, the UAE is working to provide comfort for the traveler and tourists, pointing out that this step encourages the return to travel and enhances the confidence of travelers coming to the UAE.

Searches

Humaidan revealed that the number of searches for airline tickets from abroad to the UAE, on the website "Wego", during the first week of January 2021, reached 211,277 searches, indicating that among the most prominent countries that top the list: India, followed by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, then Lebanon, and Morocco.

He explained that "the average price of a ticket to the UAE amounted to about 344 dollars (1262 dirhams)," stressing that "the demand for travel is witnessing a remarkable growth, compared to the past few months."

He pointed out that the searches for hotels in the UAE during the first week of this January amounted to about 32,449 searches.

Travel forecast

Humaidan expected that we will witness more tourism in the Gulf Cooperation Council region, with the resumption of more trips and the opening of borders, as the vaccine will be provided to most of the residents of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries by the summer, and they will be ready to travel again.

"We believe that many people will make up for lost time, similar to (revenge travel), which we saw in China after the end of the long lockdowns there," he said.

He also expected that this year will witness a return of more events, pointing out that the exhibition "Expo 2020 Dubai" will attract more tourists.

He added, "With the return of events and activities, we will see an improvement in business tourism in the region, especially after it was witnessing a kind of stagnation last year, due to the suspension or postponement of most events."

Humaidan expected that "the tourism and travel sector in the Middle East and North Africa will recover, approaching 2019 levels by the end of 2021."

Domestic tourism

Humaidan stressed that domestic tourism has become the best option, pointing out that all hotels offer distinctive offers and competitive prices to residents in the UAE and the region and tourists in general, in addition to intensive efforts to control the Corona virus and prevent it, through the state’s continued taking preventive measures. All flights and hotels.

He continued: “Between the caution against the transmission of (Corona) infection, and the desire to return to life, the Arab Gulf states were more fortunate with fewer infections, compared to other countries of the world.”

He stated that "rapid tests can detect infection within 15 minutes, and are essential to enable travel to resume on a large scale, reopen borders before vaccination operations, and are necessary to safely reopen offices, conferences and schools."

Humaidan pointed to the recent resumption of flights from the Saudi and Kuwaiti markets, pointing to the increase in searches for flights to Saudi Arabia by 130%, as soon as the resumption of flights to and from the Kingdom was announced after the temporary closure of air traffic.

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Dirham is the average ticket price to the UAE.

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