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Wataniya Airways Announces Daily Flights From January 24th Between Dubai International Airport and Kuwait's Royal Terminal
  • PRNewswire
  • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, January 6 /PRNewswire/ -- - PLANET Travel & Tours has been appointed General Sales Agent in United Arab Emirates
    TV PICK OF THE DAY Time Travelling Python Sets Sail
  • Evening Times; Glasgow (UK)
  • AROUND THE WORLD IN 20 YEARS, BBC1, 9.40PM
    Never Mind the Recession, We Need a Break
  • Independent on Sunday, The
  • The downturn and plunging pound will dictate this year's hot holiday destinations.
    Wataniya Airways Announces Daily Flights From January 24th Between Dubai International Airport and Kuwait's Royal Terminal
  • PRNewswire
  • DUBAI, January 5 /PRNewswire/ -- - Planet Group has Been Appointed General Sales Agent in United Arab Emirates
    IFA Hotels & Resorts Receives 'Leading Middle Eastern Overseas Developer' Award
  • Al Bawaba
  • IFA hotels & resorts receives 'leading middle eastern overseas developer' award
    Sail Fever ; WE FIND YOU THE BEST 2009 CRUISE DEALS
  • Sunday Mirror; London
  • MORE British holidaymakers than ever took a cruise during 2008, as more and more people realise what great value an all-inclusive floating hotel that takes you from port to port is.
    Highest Hotel Occupancy Rate
  • Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
  • According to Al-Khaleej newspaper (January 1, 2009), a recently released survey by the World Tourism and Travel Council (WTTC), an international organization of travel industry executives promoting travel and tourism worldwide, estimated the average hotel occupancy rate in the UAE at 85.3% in 2008, which is the highest in the Middle East region.
    Highest Hotel Room Price
  • Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
  • According to Al-Khaleej newspaper (January 1, 2009), a recently released survey by the World Tourism and Travel Council (WTTC), an international organization of travel industry executives promoting travel and tourism worldwide, estimated the average hotel room price in the UAE at $321 in 2008, which is the highest in the Middle East region.
    Highest Hotel Apartment Occupancy Rate
  • Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
  • According to Al-Khaleej newspaper (January 1, 2009), a recently released survey by the World Tourism and Travel Council (WTTC), an international organization of travel industry executives promoting travel and tourism worldwide, estimated the average hotel apartment occupancy rate in the UAE at 75.3% in 2008, which is the highest in the Middle East region.
    Highest Hotel Apartment Price
  • Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
  • According to Al-Khaleej newspaper (January 1, 2009), a recently released survey by the World Tourism and Travel Council (WTTC), an international organization of travel industry executives promoting travel and tourism worldwide, estimated the average hotel apartment price in the UAE at $180 in 2008, which is the highest in the Middle East region.
    Tourism Records Dh 182 Billion Product Value
  • Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
  • According to Al-Khaleej newspaper (January 1, 2009), a recently released survey by the World Tourism and Travel Council (WTTC), an international organization of travel industry executives promoting travel and tourism worldwide, estimated at Dh 182.2 billion the product value of the tourism and travel sector in the UAE in 2008 compared with Dh 144.7 billion in the previous year.
    Tourism Contributes 22.6% of Gdp
  • Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
  • According to Al-Khaleej newspaper (January 1, 2009), a recently released survey by the World Tourism and Travel Council (WTTC), an international organization of travel industry executives promoting travel and tourism worldwide, estimated at 22.6% the contribution of the tourism and travel sector to the GDP in the UAE in 2008 compared with 19.8% in the previous year.
    Number of Tourists Up 13%
  • Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
  • According to Al-Khaleej newspaper (January 1, 2009), a recently released survey by the World Tourism and Travel Council (WTTC), an international organization of travel industry executives promoting travel and tourism worldwide, estimated the total number of tourists in the UAE at 10 million tourists in 2008 compared with 8.8 million tourists in 2007, a 13.6% rise.
    Tourism to Records Dh 304 Billion Product Value
  • Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
  • According to Al-Khaleej newspaper (January 1, 2009), a recently released survey by the World Tourism and Travel Council (WTTC), an international organization of travel industry executives promoting travel and tourism worldwide, estimates at Dh 304.1 billion the product value of the tourism and travel sector in the UAE by 2018, an average increase of 4.3% annually.
    Dh 454 Billion Tourism Investments in Dubai
  • Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
  • According to Al-Khaleej newspaper (January 1, 2009), a recently released survey by the World Tourism and Travel Council (WTTC), an international organization of travel industry executives promoting travel and tourism worldwide, estimates at Dh 454 billion the volume of the currently going tourism investments in Dubai, which is equivalent to 53% of the overall going tourism investments in the UAE.
      

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