UAE top destination for tourists from India
The UAE is looking to enhance its trade ties with India and recently sent a delegation to the country.
The United Arab Emirates is the top destination for tourists from India, the official Emirates News Agency reported today.
In the first quarter of 2021 from January through March, 314,495 Indian citizens traveled to the UAE on tourist visas, according to statistics Indian Foreign Minister Vellamvelly Muraleedhara provided to India’s parliament. This is the last period for which data was available. The figure represented a 50% increase from March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to take hold, according to the agency.
More than 3 million Indian citizens live in the United Arab Emirates. By comparison, there are only around 1 million Emirati citizens in the country. Indians travel to the UAE not only for tourism but for business and to visit family. In 2019, 6,385,504 Indians went to the UAE, according to statistics from India’s Ministry of Tourism.
Indians can visit the UAE on tourist visas at present, despite the pandemic. However, travelers from India must submit to extra testing for COVID-19.
