Skyscanner reveals early winter travel trends for UAE and Saudi Travellers

  • Date: 28-Sep-2022
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Tourism
  • Country:UAE
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Skyscanner reveals early winter travel trends for UAE and Saudi Travellers

- The most popular trip length is 2 weeks to a month (43% of bookings)

Top winter destinations for UAE travellers*:

- Philippines

- India

- Pakistan

- United Kingdom

- Qatar

- Egypt

- Turkey

- Thailand

- United States

- Ireland

Live Skyscanner winter deals for UAE travellers using ‘everywhere’ search:

Abu Dhabi to Catania, Italy (direct economy return flight) 16-28 November: AED 241

Abu Dhabi to Athens (direct economy return fight) 22-29 November: AED 279

Sharjah to Istanbul (direct economy return flight) 1-15 November: AED 560

Abu Dhabi to Malé (direct economy return flight) 19-29 November: AED 662

Saudi Winter Trends

- Bookings for economy return travel in November and December from Saudi Arabia soar by 106% in August compared to the previous month

- The most popular trip length is 1-2 weeks (35% of bookings)

Top winter destinations for Saudi travellers:

- Turkey

- Philippines

- India

- UAE

- United Kingdom

- Thailand

- Egypt

- Pakistan

- Indonesia

- Italy

Live Skyscanner winter deals for Saudi travellers using ‘everywhere’ search:

Damman to Vienna (direct economy return flight) 5-12 November: SAR 340

Damman to Rome (direct economy return flight) 14-25 November: SAR 370

Damman to Cairo (direct economy return flight) 13-20 November: SAR 758

Riyadh to Istanbul (direct economy return flight) 2-7 November: SAR 1387

Skyscanner Travel Expert Ayoub El Mamoun comments:

“We’re continuing to see booking behaviours return to pre-pandemic and