“Global Tourism”: 6 centers advanced at once in 2019
The UAE is the fastest growing global market in terms of international tourism receipts
International tourism receipts cover consumption transactions and spending on goods and services by tourists.
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The latest data compiled of the World Tourism Organization, affiliated with the United Nations, showed that the UAE advanced six centers at once, in total international tourism receipts, to come in 12th place globally for the year 2019. These data confirmed that the UAE market ranked first in terms of growth rate In global tourism revenues during the year 2019, after recording about 112.7 billion dirhams, compared to about 78.5 billion dirhams in the previous year, with a growth rate of 43.5%.
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In detail, the UAE advanced six ranks at once in total international tourism receipts, thus ranking 12th in the world for the year 2019, according to the latest compiled data of the World Tourism Organization, which dates back to January 2021, confirming that the UAE market ranked first in terms of performance in Its list, of the 50 largest tourism markets around the world.
The revenues from international tourism cover all transactions related to consumption, and spending on goods and services by international visitors, such as accommodation, food, drink, fuel, local transportation, entertainment, and shopping.
Tourism revenues
According to the data of the United Nations organization, of which Emirates Today obtained a copy, the total volume of international tourism receipts for the UAE market in 2019 reached about $ 30.7 billion (112.7 billion dirhams), compared to $ 21.4 billion the previous year (78.5 billion). AED), a growth rate of 43.5%.
According to the data, the UAE ranked first in terms of growth rate in global tourism receipts during 2019, indicating that the local market recorded continuous growth rates in various performance indicators over the past years.
The UAE market has advanced on prominent global markets in recorded revenues, such as: India, Turkey, Hong Kong, Canada, Greece, Switzerland, Russia, and other markets.
The UAE market also accounted for about 34% of total international tourism revenues in the Middle East and North Africa region in 2019, after the region recorded a total of $ 90.4 billion (331.7 billion dirhams).
Area markets
In addition, Saudi Arabia ranked 27th in the world in tourism revenues, on the organization's list, recording 16.4 billion dollars, followed by Egypt in the 31st place with revenues of 13 billion dollars, while Lebanon, which ranked 39, scored about 8.6 billion dollars, then Morocco, which came in In 41st place, registering revenues of 8.2 billion dollars, then Jordan ranked 49th globally, with 5.8 billion dollars.
Losses in the international travel sector
The World Tourism Organization said, in its latest data, that tourism suffered from the biggest crisis ever in 2020, following an unprecedented health, social and economic emergency amid the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, with the number of international visitors declining by 74% in 2020 From the previous year, due to widespread travel restrictions and a massive decrease in travel demand, indicating that the collapse in the international travel sector caused an estimated loss of $ 1.3 trillion in revenue.
The UAE market accounts for 34% of the total international tourism revenues in the Middle East and North Africa.
International tourists in the Emirates
Data of the World Tourism Organization, recently published, showed that the UAE market attracted about 22.57 million international visitors during 2019, compared to 21.28 million visitors in the previous year, with a growth rate of 6%.
International visitors recorded in the UAE market during 2019 about 85 million hotel nights, at a rate of 3.7 hotel nights for one visitor, compared to 69.6 million hotel nights in the previous year, and an average of 3.2 hotel nights for one visitor, with a growth of 22% in the total number of hotel nights.
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