Destination Dubai: Emirates carries 2 million passengers to its home in summer alone

Destination Dubai: Emirates carries 2 million passengers to its home in summer alone

Airline says forward booking trends indicate unabated demand for international travel to and via the emirate

Published: Wed 23 Aug 2023, 1:49 PM Last updated: Wed 23 Aug 2023, 2:12 PM

Dubai remained a hugely popular destination for foreign tourists during summer with two million passengers flying to the city with its flagship carrier Emirates alone, making it one of the busiest summers for the airline.

This affirmed that Dubai is a now year-round destination for tourists from around the world, greatly benefiting from the ‘revenge travel’ in the post-pandemic period. The city recorded 8.55 million international visitors in the first six months of 2023, surpassing its pre-Covid numbers of 8.36 figures while hotel occupancy reaching nearly full during festivals.

Thanks to various indoor sports, cultural and other entertainment activities across malls, Dubai is one of the top cities in the world for tourists to explore during the summer. A survey released by Germany’s global hotel and accommodation search platform Trivago in June ranked Dubai third destination where the US travellers will be heading to this summer, after Honolulu and Tokyo.

Emirates airline revealed that the top inbound markets to Dubai during summer were UK, India, Germany, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, China, Egypt and Kuwait.

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