Currently, Dubai International Airport also known as DXB in the process of increasing its data records after hosting 44.9 million guests in the first half of this year unlike 41.2 million in the previous year.
Finally, Dubai welcomed 9,310,250 Cross Border Visitors in H1 2024 for which the above fact reflects the growing trend of changing Dubai as a new hub across talents, businesses, and investors.
These statistics have been unveiled by the Department of Economy and Tourism of Dubai and move in parallel with the rise in Dallas’ GDP which was Dh115 billion in the first quarter of 2024 and 3.2 percent up from the result of the same period of the preceding year.
“The growth of traffic by 17.2 percent for the first half of this year underlines the rising importance of Dubai as one of the world’s leading first-tier international business and talent attraction city, Dubai is a city on the rise that has become an international tourist, investor and talent attraction city and DAA is privileged to be the front door to this city and to facilitate growth through enhancing the airports’ offering for the passengers,” said Paul Griffith, CEO Dubai Airports.
Existence of high demands from these strategic markets like India and a sure sign slow and steady of comeback of markets like China has been very much helpful in achieving our goals. Regarding positive expectations for the rest of the year he stated: ‘According to the optimistic prognosis for the development, in the nearest years within 2024, the hotel is to have more than 91.8 million guests per year.’
A promising and gradually expanding market in South Asia, West European, the GCC, and above all east Asia, which remains critical to DXB’s continuing success and accomplishment.
The data shows India remains the largest destination country of DXB for the first half year of 2024 with passengers over 6. 1 million Passengers from China stood at 1. 07 million, it was on an 80% higher against the June of the prior year and 90% of year 2019.
Being among the topmost source markets that contribute to DXB, Saudi Arabia is reported to contribute 3. 7 million visitors the third country that has visited France for tourism is the United Kingdom with 2. Five countries top the list of visitors; China leads with 9 million visitors, India is second with 2. 3 million visitors.
Other glorious markets are the USA which has 1. and 7 million guests, Russia, 1. Two million while Germany had 1 million. 3 million.
Based on the report of 2014, the three greatest cities relative to the number of guests were London with one. 3 million, Dhahran with 1 million, Jeddah with 2 million, and Medina with 2 million guests per year. Millions respectively and Mumbai only having 1 million. 2 million guests.
It connects with 269 cities in 106 countries and 101 global airlines stressing on the position of Dubai as a major commercial hub.
The measures of flight movements reached 216 thousands, that is 7 percent more in comparison with the same period of the previous year. Performance exceeded target by .2 per cent from the DOT 1st six months of the year 2007.
However, the indicated number remains slightly below the leaders, as in January of this year, 7,9 million people were attending the facility.
The benefit of the coordinate process is that, through this, DXB was able to treat 39. Seven million bags for the first half of the year, is a 6 decrease from the same period a year ago. 7 %year on year increase demonstrating the record of the highest baggage traffic for the first half of the year.
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Interestingly, it was noted that 92 percent of all the luggage dispatched to the arriving guests got to the terminal within a short time, a period of thirty-five to forty- five minutes from the actual parking of the plane on the stand.