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Dubai surpasses pre-pandemic international visitation levels in first half of 2023
6 Aug 2023, Dubai, UAE
Dubai’s resurgent tourism industry is celebrating a successful first half of 2023, after welcoming a record 8.55 million international overnight visitors, compared to 8.36 million tourists in H1 2019. Surpassing pre-pandemic visitation levels and further bolstering the city’s bid to become the world’s most visited destination, the latest data published by Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) represents the industry’s best ever H1 performance.
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Dubai’s resurgent tourism industry is celebrating a successful first half of 2023, after welcoming a record 8.55 million international overnight visitors, compared to 8.36 million tourists in H1 2019. Surpassing pre-pandemic visitation levels and further bolstering the city’s bid to become the world’s most visited destination, the latest data published by Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) represents the industry’s best ever H1 performance.