Visitor numbers to Dubai increased by 9.3% in 2012, with the town welcoming greater than 10 million visitors over a 12 months period for the 1st time in its history. The results were announced by Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM). Increases in key indicators including hotel guest numbers, nights, average length of stay and hotel revenues, demonstrate Dubai’s strengthening position as among the world’s most suitable destinations. H.E. Helal Almarri, Director General of DTCM, said: “For the 1st time in our city’s history we’ve crossed the 10 million threshold in visitor numbers. This continual year-on-year growth is because of loads of factors including the coordinated city-wide destination management strategy; our world-class infrastructure; our location on the crossroads of East and West; and our unrelenting efforts to augment...
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