Tourism in UAE set to rise

Individuals who have invested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be boosted by claims that holiday bookings to the country are increasing.

Nikki Hain, product manager for Middle East, Indochina and Indian Ocean at Premier Holidays, is confident that airlines offering cheap fares to the emirate are encouraging tourists to return to the country.

"By the end of December 2009 we were up 48 per cent year-on-year for Dubai bookings, for next year," she said.

Business Monitor International's United Arab Emirates Tourism Report suggests that recovery in arrivals to the region is expected to continue throughout 2010.

According to the Post Office Travel Services Holiday Money Report holidaymakers will be able to take advantage of the strengthening GBP when visiting the UAE this year.

Property company Asteco reported that property prices in the area have stabilised during the last quarter of 2009.

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