DUBAI: Greater than seven million overseas vacationers visited Dubai closing yr, marking a “exceptional turnaround”, the federal government of the Gulf town state web hosting the Expo international truthful introduced. The determine was once up 32 % on 2020, the primary complete yr of the coronavirus pandemic, Dubai’s financial system and tourism division stated in a remark. It hailed the restoration as “a exceptional turnaround amid proceeding world demanding situations”.

This yr, on the other hand, missile assaults since closing month by means of Yemeni rebels at the United Arab Emirates of which Dubai is a member have brought about US and UK trip warnings.  Dubai, house of the sector’s tallest tower, super-luxury inns and swanky nightclubs, has since October 1 hosted Expo 2020 which runs till March 31.

The glitzy emirate, a buying and selling and recreational hub for which tourism is a pillar of the financial system, attracted an enormous 16.7 million vacationers from the East and West in 2019, prior to COVID-19 restrictions. It has recorded a complete of greater than 850,000 instances of coronavirus, together with over 2,250 deaths.  —AFP