It attracted 4 million visitors, and "Dubai International" is the first in the world in the number of passengers for the eighth year in a row

Dubai is a favorite destination for hosting international events

• During 2021, Dubai succeeded in attracting 120 international business events.

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Dubai continues to assert its position as one of the world's most open cities and welcomes visitors from all over the world, at a time when major global cities are seeking to overcome the consequences of the crisis that has affected the year since the beginning of 2020, as Dubai took the lead in opening its airspace to global air traffic on the seventh From July of the same year, thanks to its extremely fast move and an integrated work strategy that made it possible to return to the same strong performance rates in 2019, for all its vital sectors, the most important of which is the tourism and travel sector, which is witnessing today achieving new records thanks to a number of global activities and events that contributed Attracting a growing number of visitors from the East and West of the world.

During 2021, Dubai, in cooperation with partners in the public and private sectors, succeeded in attracting 120 global business events, whether for the same year or for the following years. About 70,000 government officials and decision makers attended the events that were organized during 2021. and experts, confirming Dubai's position as a preferred destination for hosting global events to chart the future of many vital sectors and enhance the role of innovation in driving economic growth.

Dubai International Airport maintained its first position as the world’s busiest international airport for the eighth year in a row, receiving 29.1 million passengers during 2021, with annual passenger traffic exceeding the initial expectations for the number of passengers, with a relative increase estimated at half a million passengers as a result of the increase in air traffic during the last quarter. From the year, initial expectations indicate that annual passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport is expected to reach 55.1 million passengers by the end of 2022.

This achievement comes as a result of the qualitative steps taken by Dubai and its aviation sector, which accelerated recovery rates and paved the way for hosting the largest and largest edition of the Dubai Air Show, thus forming the first global event and major air exhibition to be held since the beginning of the global pandemic, in addition to the return of operational capacity at the airport. Dubai International 100% with the reopening of "Concourse D" and "Concourse A" in Terminal 1, as well as the airport's welcome to join new airlines that will connect Dubai to many destinations around the world.

strong performance

The twenty-ninth edition of the Arabian Travel Market was finally concluded in Dubai, which attracted more than 23,000 visitors over the four days of its meeting at the Dubai World Trade Centre, where industry leaders in the region and the world gathered to shape the future of international travel and tourism. The exhibition, with the participation of 1,500 exhibitors from 150 countries, with a growth rate of more than 100% on an annual basis, which indicates the prestigious position that Dubai enjoys as a qualitative center of gravity in the field of global tourism, and a strong starting point for the sector through the convergence of its organizers to monitor more growth opportunities during the next stage.

In terms of the emirate’s tourism performance, Dubai received 3.97 million visitors from around the world during the period between January and March 2022, achieving an increase of more than 214% compared to the same period in 2021, which recorded 1.27 million visitors, which confirms the emirate’s position as a preferred destination for international visitors. After it succeeded in increasing the confidence of travelers in it, as a safe destination by implementing preventive measures to ensure the health and safety of its guests.

hotel occupancy

Dubai ranked first on the list of the world's best destinations for travelers for 2022, according to Trip Advisor, and the average hotel occupancy rate during the first quarter of this year reached 82%, surpassing its counterpart in major destinations on the global tourism map, and during the month of March 2022 Dubai welcomed 1.78 million international visitors, an increase of 11% compared to 1.61 million visitors in March 2019.

Dubai hotels achieved remarkable growth during the first quarter of 2022, with the average daily room rate reaching (649 dirhams), the duration of guests’ stay (4.3 nights), and the number of nights booked “overnights” (10.22 million nights), compared to the figures recorded in the same period of the year. 2019, which is AED 498 for the average daily room rate, 3.5 nights for the length of stay of guests, and 8.63 million for the number of nights booked.

Factors such as continued local and international investment in the sector contributed to the increase in the number of hotel rooms, with an 8% increase in the number of hotel establishments and a 10% increase in the number of rooms compared to the same period in 2021. Dubai guests can now choose from a total of 769 hotel establishments. And 140.19 thousand hotel rooms, compared to 716 hotel facilities, and 117,43 thousand rooms during the first quarter of 2019, before the start of the “Covid-19” pandemic.

The biggest cycle

Expo 2020 Dubai topped the tourism scene in Dubai with its launch from October 1, 2021 until March 31, 2022, as part of a cycle that is the largest in the history of the ancient world fair, which dates back to 1851, and is the first that each participating country is allowed to be It has its own pavilion, with the participation of 192 countries. Over the course of 182 days, the event attracted 24 million and 102 thousand and 967 visits.

Under the slogan “Connecting Minds and Creating the Future”, the global event, with its first meeting in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, was the first event of this large size to be organized globally, since the beginning of the pandemic, while it represented an exemplary opportunity to enable the participating countries to discover New opportunities to launch into the future and conclude partnerships and deals that enable the world to restore its economic activities, in addition to the great impact of the event as the most important forum for cultural and knowledge exchange in the world, where the exhibiting countries competed in promoting their investment opportunities and economic capabilities, as well as their heritage A highly diverse cultural and knowledge store.

International sporting events

Within the framework of the distinguished position that Dubai enjoys in the world of sports, and its ability to host and organize the largest international tournaments and the most powerful international competitions, Dubai has hosted many major sporting events, most notably the finals of the 2021 Cricket World Cup, in its seventh edition, with the participation of 16 teams from different countries. Continents of the world.

The Dubai sports calendar is packed throughout the year with many international championships that sports fans around the world await, which contribute to increasing the number of international visitors: the Dubai World Cup, which is one of the most expensive horse races around the world and its main prize reaches $12 million, while The event attracts the strongest horses, the most important owners, the most skilled riders and trainers from all over the world.

Among the major tournaments hosted in Dubai are the "Dubai Desert Classic Championship", which attracts the biggest stars of golf from around the world, and the "Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships", in which the Russian Andrei Rublev, the second-ranked Russian, won the championship and the seventh in the world with the Cup of its thirtieth session, which was held in February the past.

world government summit

The World Government Summit, with its convening under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, at the end of March 2022, was the largest government gathering in the world since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, as the summit attracted more than 30 An international organization and 4000 personal heads of state and government, heads of international and regional organizations, elite experts, futurists, entrepreneurs and leaders of the private sector, to foresee the future of governments, design paths and invent solutions that serve humanity.

The global village

Global Village is one of the largest cultural parks in the world, and is unique in its position as the first family destination for culture, shopping and entertainment in the region. It represents one of the most important annual activities that confirm Dubai’s position as a major tourist destination in the region, with its great diversity as a forum that combines cultural interaction and fun for all The village concluded its 26th season on May 7, which started on October 26, with a record number of visitors reaching 7.8 million guests.

Culinary Arts Capital

Dubai occupies an advanced position globally as one of the distinguished entities in the field of “food tourism”, as it won first place in the “City Lovers” category and fourth in the “Food Lovers” category in the Travelers Choice Awards from Trip Advisor for the year 2022, an achievement that reflects the attractiveness of Dubai. Dubai in this field, as it was able to enhance its position as the global capital of culinary arts, especially with the announcement of its joining the family of the “Michelin Guide” and the announcement of the arrival of the leading brand “Gault & Millau” specializing in luxury dining experiences to the city.

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