Dubai targets new source markets to attract more visitors
18th May, 2021 12:10:12
DUBAI: Dubai expects to attract more overseas visitors in 2021 than the 5.5 million tourists it hosted last year as the emirate focuses on new source markets, offers more visa categories and holds Expo 2020 in October, its tourism chief said.
The emirate is further diversifying its tourism source markets, with a “big focus” on CIS countries including Ukraine and Kazakhstan among others, Issam Kazim, chief executive of Dubai Tourism, told The National during the Arabian Travel Market on Sunday, report agencies. The overall numbers for tourist arrivals so far in the second quarter are “good” and hoteliers are positive about forward bookings, he said, without providing specific annual or quarterly forecasts.