The UAE has ranked first in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and 18th globally for its travel and tourism sector, according to this year’s edition of the Travel & Tourism Development Index by the World Economic Forum.
In addition to ranking first in the MENA region, the UAE was also one of the countries with the most improved score on the index since the last ranking in 2021. The UAE’s score was raised by 4.4%, making it the 7th most improved.
The index from the World Economic Forum, a global think tank and the brainchild behind the annual Davos meeting, ranks 119 economies worldwide on a wide range of factors, like travel and tourism policy, infrastructure, services, nature and cultures, and sustainability of the travel and tourism sector.
At the very top of the list across all categories was the United States. It was followed by Spain and Japan, both of which have a flourishing tourism industry with millions of visitors yearly.
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