Dubai welcomed 1.77 million international tourists in January 2024, a 21% increase year-over-year

Dubai welcomed 1.77 million international tourists in January 2024, up by 21 percent from the same year-ago period.

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Western Europe ranked first in terms of source markets for international tourists to the emirate, with a share of over 18 percent, according to the Dubai Tourism Performance Report for January 2024 issued by Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism.

The GCC countries followed with 311,000 visitors, representing nearly 18 percent, while South Asia ranked third with 294,000 visitors, accounting for about 17 percent of the total international visitors to the emirate.

The number of international visitors from Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Eastern Europe reached 262,000 or 15 percent, ranking fourth, while the number of visitors from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region reached 211,000 or 12 percent of the total number of tourists coming to Dubai, ranking fifth, according to the report.

North and Southeast Asia ranked sixth with 149,000 visitors, followed by the Americas in seventh place with 115,000 visitors of the total number of international visitors.

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Source: Arabian Business