Dubai Duty Free (DDF) is hailing 2017 as a record year after its annual sales rose 5.6 per cent to Dh7.05 billion.
In 2017, DDF operation recorded 27.2 million sales transactions at an average of 75,000 sales transactions per day, while a total of 73 million units of merchandise were sold.
DDF, ranked as the biggest single duty free airport location in the world, expects to record significant growth in annual sales to nearly Dh12 billion ($3 billion) by 2022, driven primarily by the expansion of Dubai's second airport, Al Maktoum International (DWC).