How Can the UAE Attract More Chinese Tourists? Should the UAE Hospitality Industry be Targeting ?

How Can the UAE Attract More Chinese Tourists?
Tourism is a key contributor to the UAE’s GDP and experts predict that it is role is set to
grow. Travel and tourism is expected to make up 12.4 per cent of the UAE’s GDP by
2027. The latter is evident when comparing tourist numbers over recent years. In the
first 9 months of 2017, Dubai attracted 11.58 million tourists, showing a 7.5 per cent
growth as compared to 2016. The largest number of visitors came from India, followed
by China. However, since the UAE government announced that Chinese visitors would
be granted visa-on arrival, the number of Chinese tourist arrivals increased by 46%,
which represents the largest growth in tourist numbers.