Dubai received 3.7 million visitors despite Covid-19 in 11-month period

Dubai welcomed 3.7 million visitors in 11 months despite the restrictions due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), according to the emirate’s tourism department. The data shared the inflow of overnight visitors from July 2020 to May 2021.

Dubai reopened to international tourists on July 7, 2020.

While 1.7 million visitors came to Dubai between July and December 2020, an additional two million visited the emirate in the first five months of 2021, according to data from Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing.

“The new data reveals that Dubai’s tourism rebound is gathering pace despite the current challenges faced by international markets. Dubai’s ability to implement a rigorous precautionary protocol regime has made the city one of the world’s safest destinations for travellers,”