General Director of the General Department of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai, Major General Mohamed Ahmed Al-Marri, said that the number of passenger movements through air, sea and land ports in all Dubai outlets reached 808 thousand and 25 movements during the weekend before the last day of the martyr and the National Day, where the number Passengers, arrivals and departures, through air ports 709 thousand and 992 passengers, while the number of arrivals and departures through land ports reached 78 thousand and 165 passengers, while the number of travelers through seaports reached 19 thousand and 868 passengers.
Al-Marri pointed out that Dubai International airports received 334,241 passengers in just five days, adding, “The vision whose pillars were reinforced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, always urges us to continue excellence and work to achieve The procedures of departing and arriving travelers through the Dubai outlets, in accordance with international best practices to achieve happiness for everyone who enters the country’s land ».
Whereas, the Land Ports Passports Control Department set a record in the movement of arriving and departing passengers, during the period from November 26 to December 3, which coincided with the 49th National Day holiday of the Sultanate of Oman, and the Day of the Martyr and the 48th National Day of the UAE, where the number of travelers Through the Hatta port, 137,386 passengers traveled, an increase of 87.4% compared to the same period last year.
Al-Marri added that the Sanad Team at the Land Ports Passports Administration Department had drawn up an emergency action plan, in coordination with traffic patrols of the Hatta Police Station, to organize traffic and activate the largest number of counters, to end the procedures of travelers with ease and ease.
He stressed keenness that the UAE be in the first place, and an example referred to in all fields, pointing out that the establishment of Dubai has gone a long way in the smart transformation in the field of customer service and travelers, which contributed to improving and facilitating the procedures of travelers, and placing Dubai International Airport among the latest and smartest Worldwide.