A record-breaking number of international travellers flew into Dubai in 2017, further cementing the city’s position as one of the leading tourist capitals in the world, a new report showed.
According to the latest data published by the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), Dubai is nearing its 2020 tourism target as it welcomed a total of 15.79 million visitors last year, up by 6.2 per cent over a year earlier.
South Asia emerged as the number one source of tourists for Dubai, with hordes of Indian visitors, amounting to 2.1 million, arriving in the emirate last year, up by 15 per cent from 12 months earlier. Saudi Arabia was the second-largest contributor of tourists to Dubai at 1.53 million. The United Kingdom was the third-largest source of tourists, delivering 1.27 million travellers – up by 2 per cent over 2016.