Holidays from UAE: How much residents pay, most popular destinations

Holidays from UAE: How much residents pay, most popular destinations

Demand for luxury vacations grows during Covid-19; budget travel packages also stay in good demand for budget-conscious travellers.

Published: Sun 6 Feb 2022, 10:50 AM

Gone are the days when UAE residents would accumulate leaves to take a two-month vacation to go back to their home countries. Now, residents are travelling abroad for holidays also and many of them prefer their home countries.

Travel industry executives say that there has been an increasing trend among UAE residents to travel abroad for holidays as many new destinations have appeared over the past few years -- within a span of four to five hours of flight. And these short-haul routes are mostly catered by local budget carriers, offering residents affordable holiday options.

Interestingly, residents now travel to their home countries not just to spend vacations with their friends and loved ones but allocate some time for holidays to hill resorts and other popular spots during their vacations.

As demand for luxury vacations is growing during the Covid-19 pandemic, budget travel packages also stay in good demand for budget-conscious UAE travellers.

“Currently, people prefer short-haul destinations like Georgia, Baku, Armenia. Over the past few months, we have even seen a lot of traction towards destinations like Russia, Serbia and