Ahmed bin Saeed inaugurates the exhibition and considers it a new testament to Dubai's success in providing a safe environment

Mohammed bin Rashid: "The Arab Travel Market" is the largest tourist event in the world since the outbreak of the pandemic

  • Ahmed bin Saeed inspected a number of exhibition pavilions.

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The activities of the "Arab Travel Market 2021" event were launched at the Dubai World Trade Center yesterday, as part of an exceptional session of the largest event in the travel and tourism sector in the Middle East, in terms of the number of direct attendees, in the largest gathering of its kind during the past 18 months.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, welcomed the participants in this global event.

In a tweet on the Twitter site, His Highness said: “62 countries are participating in attendance in Dubai in the activities of the (Arab Travel Market) ... the largest tourism event in the world since the outbreak of the pandemic .. We welcome everyone in Dubai, where the world’s tourism recovery begins .. and where we can. Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel that humanity has passed through within a year and a half.

New confidence

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Aviation Authority and Supreme Chair of the Emirates Airlines Group, inaugurated yesterday the activities of the 28th Arab Travel Market Exhibition (Forum 2021).

His Highness affirmed that the great turnout in attending the current year’s edition of the Arab Travel Market by those in charge of the tourism, travel and hospitality industry around the world is a new testament to Dubai’s success in providing a safe environment that guarantees the safety and health of all participants in the largest event of its kind in the world in terms of attendance. Al-Mubasher almost a year and a half ago.

His Highness affirmed that the organization of this mega event comes in line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to strengthen the position of Dubai, a major destination for tourism and travel activities in the region, and to strengthen its role in accelerating the pace of the recovery of this sector. This is vital, not only in the region, but also worldwide, and confirming Dubai's contribution to shaping the future features of travel and tourism in the post-pandemic period.

Exhibition tour

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum toured a number of the exhibition pavilions, which will be held over the course of four days, until May 19, at the Dubai World Trade Center, accompanied by the Director General of the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai, the Executive Director of the Dubai Trade Center International, Hilal Saeed Al-Marri, Global Travel Market Exhibition Portfolio Manager, Incentive Travel, and Meetings, Claude Blanc, and Arab Travel Market Middle East Exhibition Director, Daniel Curtis.

During the tour, His Highness was introduced to the most important tourism products and safe travel solutions offered through the exhibition pavilions, which this year has the participation of 1,300 exhibitors from 62 countries, including a number of the most important tourist destinations in the world, such as: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Italy, Germany, Cyprus, Indonesia. Malaysia, South Korea, the Maldives, the Philippines, Thailand, Mexico, and the United States, in addition to the distinguished Emirati presence in this session, which confirms the importance of the exhibition in linking destinations with their exporting markets.

Expo 2020 Dubai

During the tour, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum stopped at the pavilion of the «Expo 2020 Dubai», which provides glimpses through the exhibition about the largest event of its kind in the world that will start its activities next October, which is expected to be a milestone in the history of the ancient exhibition. With Dubai providing all guarantees that ensure the complete safety of all exhibitors and visitors, which has strengthened the confidence of the participants from different parts of the world.

"Fly Emirates"

His Highness also visited the pavilion of "Emirates Airlines", which, through its participation in the Arab travel market, offers the latest solutions that it provides to the traveler on board its aircraft, to ensure the highest levels of comfort, the highest levels of safety and security, and the application of international best practices in the field of safe travel. His Highness also stopped at the Saudi pavilion, and got acquainted with the representatives of the Saudi Commission for Tourism about what the Kingdom is offering through the Arab Travel Market this year, in terms of distinct tourism elements within the framework of the efforts exerted to achieve the contribution of the tourism sector to the comprehensive development process in the Kingdom, based on the status of this sector. As a main axis of the "Kingdom's Vision 2030".His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum’s tour included a number of the pavilions of the participating foreign countries, as His Highness listened to the opinions and ideas of those pavilions’s officials regarding the future of global cooperation in the field of accelerating the recovery of tourism and travel activities around the world, given the importance of this sector, whether On the economic or social level, as it is one of the sectors that most touch with people's lives, and in line with the requirements of the current and future stages.

Vice President of the State:

• "We welcome everyone to Dubai, where the world's tourism recovery begins ... and where we can see the light at the end of the tunnel that humanity has passed through within a year and a half."

11 thousand people

The activities of the Arab Travel Market 2021 exhibition are held under the slogan “A new dawn for the travel and tourism industry”, and its pavilions occupy nine halls, taking into account the implementation of preventive measures and following all necessary measures to ensure the safety of all exhibitors, participants and visitors, especially by observing social distancing, and other applicable guidelines In Dubai, as the exhibition is expected to include about 11,000 people, all necessary guarantees have been provided to ensure their safety.

Hybrid version

The current edition of the Arab Travel Market exhibition will be, for the first time, a hybrid, as a virtual event for the exhibition will be launched a week after the end of the main event.

The virtual version will be held during the period from 24 - 26 May 2021, with the aim of reaching a larger segment of interested people and workers in this industry, through the virtual event of the Arab Travel Market, which was held for the first time earlier last year, and proved its great success in attracting 12 thousand Visitors from 140 countries.

Events of the «Arab Travel Week»

The Arab Travel Market 2021 exhibition is an essential part of the "Arab Travel Week", which will be held over 10 days, in which exhibitions, conferences, discussion sessions, awards, product launches and networking events will be held.

"Arab Travel Week", as well as the live version of the Arab Travel Market exhibition, will also include: "Arifal Dubai" forum, in which the most prominent professionals in the travel, tourism and hospitality sector from around the world gather to explore the next generation of innovations and trends in tourism activities, and an exhibition of travel technology. Travel Forward », the half-day global business travel association virtual travel conference, the Middle East Tourism Investment Summit held by the Information and Communication Technology Institute, rapid networking events for digital influencers, and forums dedicated to the region's main markets, including China, in addition to the virtual version of Arab Travel Market Exhibition.

• The exhibition attracts 1,300 exhibitors from 62 countries, including the most important tourist destinations in the world.

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