Dubai has maintained its tourism growth momentum with 5.18 million international overnight visitors in the first quarter of 2024, marking an 11 per cent year-on-year increase.
The data was released by Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) at the 31st edition of Arabian Travel Market (ATM), which opened on Monday.
From January to March, the Western Europe region was Dubai’s biggest source market with 1.138 million arrivals, a 22 per cent overall share, followed by South Asia with 869,000 visitors (17 per cent) and CIS and Eastern Europe with 817,000 (16 per cent).
Proximity markets from the GCC (664,000) and MENA (605,000) collectively brought in 25 per cent. The North-East Asia and South-East Asia region recorded 470,000 arrivals into Dubai (a 9 per cent share), followed by the Americas 344,000 (7…
