As the travel & tourism industry continues on its recovery path, outbound trips from the UAE are increasing, with people eager to resume and reboot their travel plans. According to GlobalData, this pent-up demand, coupled with increased confidence around COVID-19 protocols, is helping to drive the recovery of the UAE’s outbound travel sector. GlobalData provides a complete picture of the outbound destinations from the UAE in its Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Source Tourism report. Buy the report here.
In 2023, international departures from the UAE grew by 51%.
Outbound travel from the UAE is not dominated by any single destination, but intraregional travel is a noticeable trend. In the case of the UAE, five of the ten most popular destinations are located in Middle East.
However, even when focusing only on the top ten, flows to different destinations vary. Understanding the relative size of these and identifying high-potential destinations outside of this list is key to identifying promising growth markets for the UAE as a source market and for destinations to understand current preferences among Emirati travelers so they can better target them.
According to GlobalData’s report, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Source Tourism, the most popular destinations for the country’s travelers include Oman, Saudi Arabia, the UK, Thailand and Austria among others.
For more detailed analysis of the outbound destinations from the UAE, buy GlobalData’s Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Source Tourism report.
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