UAE’s British expats spend twice the average visitor on trips home – The National

UAE’s British expats spend twice the average visitor on trips home – The National

Britons living in the UAE spend about twice as much on trips to the UK as the average global visitor, a survey by the Visit Britain tourism agency found.

Research from the UK's national tourism agency also claims that travellers from the Gulf could be vital in helping Britain's post-pandemic economic recovery.

The findings revealed that if VisitBritain was able to encourage just under 1 per cent of Britons living in the UAE to spend an extra four nights in the UK each year, this would generate an additional £1 million ($1.3m) in spending.