UAE residents start making travel plans for 2021: Survey

UAE residents start making travel plans for 2021: Survey

UAE residents who ended up putting their travel plans on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic this year are now looking forward to making holiday plans to international destinations in 2021, new research has revealed.

Conducted by Hilton and YouGov, the survey revealed that 51 per cent of UAE residents, including UAE nationals, are planning to take three or more holidays next year if global travel advice allows.

“Whilst travel restrictions implemented in the wake of Covid-19 have impacted international trips this year, we have seen soaring demand for UAE staycations and shorter breaks closer to home. As people begin to feel comfortable to travel further afield again, and as restrictions lift, we foresee people resuming trips they had to postpone, reconnecting with family abroad or perhaps booking that once in a lifetime vacation they have been dreaming about this year,” said Jochem-Jan Sleiffer, president for the Middle East, Africa and Turkey at Hilton.

In terms of the top holiday destinations, 34 per cent of respondents said that they will travel to their home country, followed 26 per cent of respondents who said that they were favouring mainland Europe. Among UAE