This middle east country hosted 6.12 lakh visitors from India during Jan-Mar quarter

Dubai hosted 6.12 lakh visitors from India during the January-March quarter this year, a sharp uptick of 62.76 per cent compared to the same period last year, Dubai's Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) said.

The Middle East country hosted 3.76 lakh visitors from India during the corresponding quarter in 2022, according to the latest data published by DET.

Overall, Dubai welcomed 46.7 lakh international overnight visitors in the first quarter of 2023, compared to 39.7 lakh tourists during the same period in 2022, marking a 17 per cent YoY growth.

According to DET, the majority of the regions have demonstrated a significant increase in the first quarter of 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, while four regions have fully recovered and surpassed Q1 2019 levels - CIS and Eastern Europe, MENA, Americas and Australasia.

Both South Asia and Western Europe are close to achieving pre-pandemic levels in terms of tourism volumes, it added.