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Over 7 mln tourists visited Dubai in first half of 2022, close to pre-COVID levels
Dubai attracted over 7 million international visitors during the first half of 2022, recording a growth of over 183 percent compared to the ... Travel and Tourism -
Gulf tourists need to be more curious about other cultures
Gulf families frequently visit other countries as tourists. However, during their travels, they tend to fixate on shopping, leisure, beaches, and the ... Opinion -
Egypt resumes hot air ballooning over Luxor after incident
Egyptian authorities on Wednesday resumed hot air ballooning over the ancient city of Luxor following a two-day hiatus after two tourists were lightly ... Middle East -
Egypt suspends hot air ballooning over Luxor after two injured
Egyptian authorities suspended hot air ballooning over the ancient city of Luxor after two tourists were lightly injured during a ride early on Monday ... Middle East -
Dubai retains ranking as world’s top FDI destination for tourism
Dubai remains the world’s top destination for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) into tourism in 2021 in the Financial time’s fDi Markets data ... Economy -
Dubai’s DXB airport gears up for 2.4 mln travelers in 11 days amid Eid holiday rush
Dubai International Airport (DXB) is gearing up to welcome 2.4 million travelers over the next 11 days as a result of the upcoming Eid al-Adha ... Aviation & Transport -
Saudi Arabia’s AlUla: Stargazing to helicopter rides, top summer activities revealed
Saudi Arabia’s AlUla revealed a range of new experiences for summer travelers to the historic city, including ziplining, helicopter rides and ... Travel and Tourism -
New national training program in Saudi Arabia seeks to support booming tourism sector
Saudi Arabia has launched a training program to develop skills in the tourism and hospitality industry, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on ... Gulf -
Dubai investment firm returns to profit as economy rebounds
Dubai’s main state-owned investment firm swung to a full-year profit in 2021, rebounding from a pandemic-induced $5.15 billion loss.Investment Corp. ... Economy -
Saudi Arabia signs MoU with Seychelles to bolster tourism cooperation
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Tourism signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Seychelles’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tourism to bolster the ... Travel and Tourism -
Saudi Arabia’s growth in global index for tourism ‘second largest’: Minister at WEF
Saudi Arabia has seen the “second largest improvement” on the global index that ranks tourism around the world, Princess Haifa Al Saud, the assistant ... Gulf -
Ryanair slashes annual net loss to 355 million Euros
Irish no-frills carrier Ryanair on Monday announced a large reduction in annual net losses as the aviation sector recovered from pandemic ... Aviation & Transport -
Saudi megaproject NEOM will be subject to Kingdom’s regulations: SPA
Saudi Arabia’s megaproject NEOM will be subject to the regulations of the Kingdom, despite having separate economic legislation, an official source ... Gulf -
‘AlUla Specialist’ launched for travel agents to promote historic Saudi city
The Royal Commission of AlUla (RCU) launched its first Travel Agent Training Program and Trade Information Hub, ‘AlUla Specialist,’ at Arabian Travel ... Travel and Tourism -
Middle East travel and tourism sector expected to generate $246 billion in 2022
The Middle East’s travel and tourism sector is expected to generate $246 billion in revenues this year, organizers of the Arabian Travel Market in ... Travel and Tourism -
Saudi Arabia’s AlUla welcomed over 146,000 visitors in 2021 alone
Saudi Arabia’s ancient city of AlUla welcomed 146,000 visitors in 2021, Executive Director of Destination Marketing for the Royal Commission of AlUla ... Travel and Tourism -
Saudi Red Sea Project will open to visitors in 2023, showing new side of the Kingdom
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Project will take in its first visitors in early 2023, its marketing director told Al Arabiya English on the sidelines of the ... Gulf -
Messi flies to Saudi Arabia after becoming tourism ambassador, goes on Red Sea trip
Paris-Saint Germain forward and Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi arrived in Saudi Arabia after he was named the official brand ambassador of Saudi ... Entertainment -
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air explores opportunities in Saudi Arabia
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air said on Tuesday it had agreed to work with Saudi Arabia to explore opportunities to develop the air market in the ... Gulf -
Saudia Airline may turn profitable in 2022 or 2023: CEO
State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) could return to profitability this year or next, CEO Ibrahim Koshy said on Monday at the Arabian Travel ... Gulf -
Greece lifts COVID-19 restrictions for travelers ahead of summer season
Greece lifted COVID-19 restrictions on Sunday for foreign and domestic flights, its civil aviation authority said, ahead of the summer tourism season ... Coronavirus -
Bali to deport man for dancing naked at sacred mountain
A Canadian actor and self-proclaimed wellness guru is facing deportation from Indonesia’s Bali island after a video of him dancing naked at a sacred ... World News -
Russia still an important tourist market for Dubai: Dubai Tourism CEO
Russia continues to be an important tourism market for Dubai, the CEO of Dubai Tourism Issam Kazim said at a news conference on Tuesday.For the latest ... Gulf -
Direct flights start between Tel Aviv and Sharm el-Sheikh
The first direct flight between the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv and Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh took off on Sunday, Israeli ... Middle East -
Ain Dubai extends closure period through summer months for ‘enhancement works’
Ain Dubai, the world’s largest and tallest observation wheel, has extended its closure period through the summer months “for enhancement works,” ... Travel and Tourism -
Turkey, Germany, others brace for hit to tourism sector from Russia-Ukraine war
After losing two years to the COVID-19 pandemic, shopkeepers in the heart of the Turkish Riviera had hoped for a strong tourism season this year to ... World News -
Thai man jailed for murdering Swiss tourist as country struggles to restart tourism
A Thai man has been jailed for life for the robbery and murder of a Swiss tourist whose body was found near a waterfall on a popular beach resort ... World News -
Ain Dubai shuts down for ‘periodic enhancements,’ will reopen after Ramadan
Ain Dubai, the world’s largest and tallest observation wheel, temporarily shut down its operations on Monday for “periodic enhancements” and will ... Entertainment -
Saudi Tourism Authority, Dubai’s Emirates sign MoU to increase flights to Kingdom
The Saudi Tourism Authority and Dubai’s Emirates Airlines have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase the number of flights ... Gulf -
Abu Dhabi’s Wizz Air adds two new flight routes to Aqaba, Amman in Jordan
Abu Dhabi’s budget airlines Wizz Air added two new destinations to its list of routes: Jordan’s Amman and Aqaba, the carrier announced in a statement ... Gulf