In fact, the UAE recovers pre-Covid numbers

Most of the vital sectors in the UAE have recovered the normal growth levels recorded before the Covid crisis, according to a set of official figures announced since the beginning of 2022.

The sectors of education, health, economy and aviation, in addition to tourism at the hotel occupancy level, and air traffic achieved identical numbers and indicators with what they recorded before the emergence of the pandemic.

And the UAE crowned its successes in containing the crisis by abolishing restrictions on the absorptive capacity of all activities and events in the country in various economic, tourist and entertainment facilities, shopping centers and means of transportation by mid-February.

In the following report, the Emirates News Agency, WAM, reviews the most prominent features of the return of life to normal in all sectors and activities.

the health.

Since the beginning of the Corona pandemic, the UAE has implemented a scientific and practical plan of action that is one of the most successful global models in managing the crisis at the health level, and the country has succeeded over the past period in controlling the indicators of the epidemiological situation of the “Covid-19” virus in terms of the number of infections or the number of deaths, which is one of the lowest globally. On the other hand, the UAE ranks first in the world in the number of daily check-ups and vaccinations, in proportion to the population.

education.

At the beginning of 2022, the UAE succeeded in achieving the return of the study to the attendance education system in all educational stages, thanks to the readiness and proactiveness of the educational sector in the country to quickly deal with emergency situations and exceptional capabilities that facilitated the process of the safe return of students, teachers and administrative staff in educational facilities.

tourism.

The performance of the tourism sector in the country reflected the extent of the recovery that the UAE achieved from the Corona pandemic, as it concluded the year 2021, achieving a hotel occupancy rate of 67 percent, outperforming the top ten global tourist cities, and revenues from the best levels.

The second edition of the "The Most Beautiful Winter in the World" campaign, which concluded on February 13, succeeded in promoting tourism, natural and recreational destinations and experiences across the seven emirates, and achieved qualitative economic results for domestic tourism, as it raised the revenues of hotel establishments to 1.5 billion dirhams, compared to one billion dirhams in Its first version, an increase of 50%.

In its second session, the campaign increased the number of local tourists from 950,000 to 1.3 million, an increase of 36% compared to the first edition, and the occupancy rate of hotel establishments reached 73%, compared to 66% in the first, an increase of 7% over the average Occupancy during last year's campaign.

Air traffic.

The total number of passengers through the country’s airports during January 2022 jumped to more than 5 million and 800,000 passengers, an increase of 96.93 percent compared to January 2021, when the number of passengers reached nearly 2.9 million, according to the General Authority of Civil Aviation. .

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 number of passengers arriving through the country’s airports in January 2022 increased to 1.9 million, an increase of 76.10 percent, compared to January 2021, which recorded 1.1 million passengers. While the number of departures through the country’s airports increased in January 2022 to reach more than 1.8 million departures, with an increase rate It reached 70.91 percent, compared to 1.06 million passengers recorded in January 2021

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In the same context, the total number of transit passengers through the country’s airports increased during the month of January to about 2.1 million passengers, an increase of 161.39% compared to January 2021, which recorded about 800,000 passengers.

Economy and the labor market.

The rises of local financial markets to historical levels during this February, after the financial statements of companies and banks were announced, indicated the return of economic growth to pre-pandemic rates, and this coincided with the UAE’s continued signing of comprehensive economic partnership agreements with a number of countries in the world to double trade exchange and attract more investments.

As for the labor market, the number of workers in private sector establishments registered with the ministry at the end of 2021 reached 4,903,612 employees, an increase of 124,416 employees compared to 2020.

And the number of private sector establishments registered at the end of last year 2021 with the Ministry only, without including companies registered in the free zones, increased to 373,966 establishments, an increase of 22,999 establishments compared to 2020.

Events and events.

The UAE, through the major international events that it hosted on its soil since the beginning of this year, demonstrated exceptional success in dealing with the Corona pandemic and managing it in an exemplary manner.

The events witness a wide participation from different countries of the world, especially Expo 2020 Dubai, which continues to lead the list of the most momentum events in the world, after the number of visits to the international event until yesterday, Monday, 14,719,277 visits.

In turn, the Sheikh Zayed Festival in Al Wathba in Abu Dhabi continues to attract local and foreign audiences, while international sporting events have recorded a distinguished presence on the agenda of events that the UAE has witnessed since the beginning of 2022, most notably the World Mixed Martial Arts Championship and the World Cup.

For clubs in Abu Dhabi.

On the level of international exhibitions, the UAE hosted the Arab Health exhibitions “Arab Health” and MEDLAB Middle East 2022, with the participation of about 3,500 exhibiting companies from more than 60 countries, and the fifth edition of the Unmanned Systems Exhibition and Conference (UMEX 2022) and Simulation and Training (SimTEX 2022) in Abu Dhabi, which It kicked off yesterday.