Tourism

Visit UAE brings the seven emirates under a single federal tourism identity, while the UAE Grand Tour offers itineraries of up to 14 days across multiple destinations

the carrier’s holiday division adds destinations and products across more than 100 markets as demand for city breaks, beach holidays and stopovers continues to grow

A single corridor, Saudi citizens 
travelling to Egypt, accounted for 19.6 per cent of all international travel by Gulf 
nationals, more than every Emirati, Bahraini, Omani and Qatari journey 
combined, the Wego report showed

AI, resilience, aviation and hospitality take centre stage at ATM 2026 as the travel industry meets following months of disruption

Hotels recorded 21.61 million occupied room nights between January and August, while the city’s hotel inventory approached 149,000 rooms by the end of August

At LEAP 2026, Globant unveiled what it calls the world’s first live agent-to-agent tourism corridor — an AI network linking Red Sea Global and AlUla so two destinations can plan a single visitor journey between them. Federico Pienovi, the company’s CBO and CEO for MENA and APAC, talks about the initiative and why Globant is bringing systems already running in production rather than concepts to the show

Average daily room rates (ADR) across Saudi Arabia stood at SAR662 in January, up nearly 5 per cent from the previous year

The policy, valid from July to December 2026, is underwritten and administered by The National Insurance Company – Daman, part of PureHealth

More than 1,700 representatives from the tourism, aviation, hospitality, retail and events sectors attended the bi-annual City Briefing at Dubai Opera on June 3

Enhanced digital integration between the GDRFA Dubai and DHA’s systems will enable healthcare providers to process medical visa applications more efficiently for patients travelling to Dubai from overseas