Dubai has maintained its top position as the leading Arab destination for medical travelers for the
second year in a row, based on the Global Medical Tourism Index, which was recently released by
the International Healthcare Research Center (IHRC). Worldwide, the emirate, one of the globe’s
most preferred tourist hubs, ranked sixth
P&O Marinas, a DP World Company and the world-class developer for marinas, held a virtual workshop, in collaboration with Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, Dubai Tourism, and Emirates Airline, to discuss the resumption of the cruise season 2020/2021 in Dubai.
The company invited leading shipping agents and stakeholders to
Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, Executive Chairman of Sharjah Investment and Development Authority, Shurooq, yesterday announced during a live interview on Sharjah TV that the Authority will be undertaking four new large-scale tourism and hospitality projects in Khor Fakkan, Kalba, Al Dhaid and Mleiha.
The strategic undertaking follows
The UAE’s space programmes, especially the successful launch of its Mars Mission, will give a fillip to Asia’s lead in fourth Industrial revolution and make the Emirates "a big stakeholder in the development of developing countries across the globe," a senior academic told Emirates News Agency, WAM.
"Asians are
The travel and tourism industry contributes 3 to
3.5% of the global GDP. If we also count related industries, the total contribution of tourism to the global
GDP nears 10%. The entire part of the global economy was hit hard with the coronavirus pandemics. As the
economies were locked down, the revenue declined by more than 90%. Now the
