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In 2002, visitors were mainly from other Gulf Cooperation Council members which accounted for 34% of tourists, South Asia accounted for 25%, other Arab states 16%, Europe 15%, and Africa 9%. In 2003, revenue from tourism exceeded $1 billion and surpassed oil revenues to directly and indirectly account for over 17% and 28% of GDP respectively.
This is a list of the top 100 cities ranked by the number of international visitors, including all international arrivals by land, air, and sea, for tourist or business purposes. The consulting firm Euromonitor and the financial services corporation Mastercard define the concept of the foreign visitor differently, thus their respective rankings ...
In 2019, there were 69.9 million international tourist arrivals to Africa (excluding Egypt and Libya), an increase of 2.4% from 2018. [5] According to the World Economic forum's Travel & Tourism Development report in 2024, Morocco is the country most dependent on travel and tourism among all countries in MENA region. [6]
The number of foreign overnight visitors to Dubai increased 5.1% to 16.7 million in 2019, helped by a rise in Chinese visitors even as tourists from top source market India fell, the government ...
There are many tourist attractions in Dubai, resulting from the large scale construction boom. Dubai received 14 million tourists from all around the world in 2015. Euromonitor ranked the world's 150th most visited city by international tourists in 2009; Dubai ranked 7th. [1] Dubai welcomed 14.36M visitors in 2022. [2]
Number of visitors from Canada in first quarter was essentially even with first three months of 2019. Canadian tourists flock to Florida, as state strives to lure international visitors Skip to ...
Sheikh Rashid, together with Sheikh Zayed, was the instrumental leaders of leading the country's tourism, having made a joint declaration for the founding of the Emirates. [9] In 1989 the Dubai Commerce and Tourism Promotion Board was established, to promote Dubai as a luxury destination for the up-tier market and influential business sectors.
Dubai's lure for tourists is based mainly on shopping, [195] [196] but also on its possession of other ancient and modern attractions. [197] As of 2018, Dubai is the fourth most-visited city in the world based on the number of international visitors and the fastest growing, increasing by a 10.7% rate. [198]