The Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing of Dubai has recently emphasized the rising popularity of the desert city as a major global cruise destination with best pre-cruise and post-cruise stopovers and an ideal homeport in the region at the Seatrade Cruise Global in Florida, USA, and an important event for the cruise industry. Dubai Tourism displayed under the Cruise Arabia banner, on a unified stand together with the tourism authorities of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Bahrain with common target of endorsing the region as a whole, and developing business sustainability and growth.
Also, the 3-day event witnessed successful networking and business opportunities with all the eminent brands related to the global cruise industry, including world-class cruise lines, to talk about opportunities related to deployments and homeporting in Dubai and intensify awareness of cruise offerings of Dubai to global audiences in Spain, Brazil, UK, USA, besides the traditional source markets across Germany, Italy, France and over 40 other countries.
While discussing about the presence of Dubai Tourism at this year’s Seatrade Cruise Global, Hamad Bin Mejren, Senior Vice President, Dubai Tourism, “Cruise Tourism is certainly a key industry for the Gulf and we are dedicated to educating consumers around the world about the region as a key winter cruising destination. With year-round sunshine, an ever-evolving ‘must-visit’ destination proposition, and a winter home port for multiple international cruise lines operating regular international itineraries out of the city, Dubai is perfectly placed for its cruise tourism offering to become a major global attraction. With that in mind, we have been working to highlight Dubai’s ease of accessibility with the latest introduction of a multi-entry UAE visit visa exclusively for cruise tourists, as well as simplified immigration and cruise-specific visa procedures on our online portals to ensure that citizens from over 50 countries can take advantage of Dubai’s cruise tourism offering with visas on arrival.”
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