Saudi Arabia wants to turn hundreds of kilometres of its Red Sea coastline into a global tourism destination governed by laws “on par with international standards” as part of its plan to transform the economy and reduce its reliance on…
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Qatar on track for 3 million visitors in 2015
The number of foreign visitors to Qatar rose by 7 per cent in the first half of 2015 and is on track to grow to 3 million in the year as a whole, the Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) said in…
Chinese visitors to Abu Dhabi rose 166 per cent in 2014
The number of visitors from China recorded in Abu Dhabi rose by 166 per cent in 2014 to 120,350 and the emirate is stepping up its campaign to attract more. Twenty hotels, two attractions and a luxury shopping mall across…
Visitors to Abu Dhabi 25 per cent higher in January-October
More than 2.8 million guests checked into hotels in Abu Dhabi in January-October, figures released today by the Tourism & Culture Authority Abu Dhabi (TCA Abu Dhabi) show. This was 25 per cent higher than in the same period last…
Emirates NBD economist tells AHIC the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman are key ME tourism markets
Emirates NBD MENA research head Khatija Haque told the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference today that the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman offer the substantial potential for rapid tourism and hospitality industry growth. “For a country looking for job creation, tourism…
King Abdullah Economic City CEO tells AHIC that Saudi tourism will boom in years to 2020
King Abdullah Economic City chief executive officer Fahd Al Rasheed told the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC) this afternoon that the hotel and tourism industry will boom in Saudi Arabia in the next decade. “We estimate the kingdom’s tourism market…