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Dubai Continues to Grow in International Tourism

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Dubai's continuous efforts to be a premier leisure and business hub have attracted more and more visitors to the city, as well as higher rankings on various global traveller and meeting indexes.


dubai international tourismThis week, MasterCard revealed Dubai has climbed to the fourth position – behind London, Paris and Bangkok – out of 132 top destinations for international travellers in the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index.

In 2012, Dubai occupied the eighth position, while last year it was fifth in the standings. MasterCard anticipates Dubai will greet close to 14.3 million visitors, which translates to 5.7 overnight visitors per city resident.

This May, Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing released the official number of visitors for 2014, 13.2 international overnight visitors.

The news from MasterCard follows Dubai's achievement of retaining the number one place in the Middle East region for international association meetings, and a jump of 19 spots globally to 44th position in the 2014 ICCA World Rankings.

The International Congress & Convention Association rankings are regarded the most reliable and consistent benchmark on how each destination that hosts international association meetings is performing.

The purpose of visits to Dubai are still dominated by leisure travel at 59 per cent, but registered an increase of more than 21 per cent in visiting for business purpose, and another 17 per cent rise in visiting friends and relatives.

"Dubai is ever evolving as a destination in order to produce memorable experiences for tourists through our world-class infrastructure, remarkable attractions and excellent services, which are compelling and tempt visitors to return," said His Excellency Helal Almarri, director general of Dubai Tourism.

 

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