RIYADH: Dubai received 450,000 tourists in March 2021, up from 40,000 in the depths of the pandemic in June of last year, said the CEO of Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DCTCM), Issam Kazim.
The rebound was led by visitors from Egypt and France, and from newer markets, such as Ukraine and Kazakhstan, Asharq reported.
The numbers are still about one third of Dubai’s average monthly visitors in 2019 when a record 16.73 million people came to the emirate, according to official data. Tourist numbers slumped 67 percent 5.5 million in 2020 as Dubai entered lockdown at the beginning of April to contain the spread of the virus.
Dubai is targeting new markets to attract tourists, Kazim said. “We are conducting promotional campaigns with the markets opening and we are ready to cover over 50 markets, as we used to in 2019,” he said.
