According to statistics from the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, the results of 2017 will be the most significant for the emirate of Abu Dhabi in its entire presence on the Russian market.
According to data for October of this year, the number of Russians visiting the emirate increased by 225% from 2,115 to 6,876 people compared to October 2016, and the number of nights for the same period increased threefold from 9,488 to 28,710. For 10 months of 2017, the total number of Russian tourists reached 29,524 people, which is 75% more than last year's figures for January-October. The final number of nights for this period of time this year was 141,625 (+69% compared to last year).
A positive trend is also observed in other markets. Thus, the tourist flow to Abu Dhabi from Azerbaijan showed an increase of 68% in October and 25% in January-October; the number of tourists from Georgia in the first 10 months of this year has almost doubled (from 1,016 to 1,948 people); the indicators for the Baltic countries are actively striving to rise - the number of tourists since the beginning of the year has increased by 48% compared to the figures for 2016 (4,148 tourists from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia since the beginning of the year to October 2017).
Let us recall that tourists from Russia and the CIS countries remain leaders in terms of the length of stay in the emirate, which is at least 5 nights.
The Emirate of Abu Dhabi attracts more and more tourists every year thanks to its ambitious projects and the comfort of the offered vacation. It should be noted that this year the city of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, was recognized as the safest city in the world, and last month the Louvre Abu Dhabi museum complex was opened in Abu Dhabi, the importance of which is difficult to overestimate both in cultural and social terms. In the near future, Abu Dhabi will continue to delight its tourists: next year, the Warner Bros entertainment park will appear on Yas Island, and the famous Saadiyat Island Reserve will be replenished with several more resorts.
Source: trn-news.ru
