Dubai sees strong start to 2024 with 1.77 million international tourists in January
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Dubai welcomed 1.77 million international tourists in January 2024, an increase of 21% compared to 1.47 million visitors in the same period in 2023.
According to the Dubai Tourism Performance Report for January issued by Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, Western Europe ranked first in terms of source markets for international tourists to Dubai with a share of more than 18% and a number of 327,000 visitors. The GCC countries followed with 311,000 visitors, accounting for almost 18%, and South Asia took third place with 294,000 visitors, accounting for around 17% of the total international visitors to the emirate.
The number of international visitors from Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Eastern Europe reached 262,000 or 15%, ranking fourth, while the number of visitors from the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) reached 211,000 or 12% of the total. The total number of tourists arriving in Dubai ranks fifth.
North and Southeast Asia ranked sixth with 149,000 visitors and a share of 8%, followed by the Americas in seventh place with 115,000 visitors or about 6% of the total number of international visitors, Africa in eighth place with 71,000 visitors representing 4%, and Australia comes last with 33,000 visitors, representing 2% of the total number of international visitors.
News source: Emirates News Agency
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