Dubai top holiday destination for Saudis

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Dubai tops the list of favorite holiday destinations for Saudis to spend short vacations like Eid holidays with Turkey, Malaysia and some European countries coming a close second, according to tourism experts. Dubai has several attractions such as shopping malls and entertainment cities which draw Saudis to this beautiful city. Political strife in neighboring Arab countries has served to encourage Saudis more than ever to visit Dubai. However, owing to its huge popularity and increasing demand, room tariffs in Dubai’s hotels have shot up dramatically and the city has gradually become more expensive than European and East Asian countries.
Adel Shaheen, chairman of a Saudi travel and tourist agency, said that many hotels in Dubai offered rooms for as low as SR1,500 per week which attracted many Saudis and expats working in the Kingdom to spend their short vacations in Dubai.
“However, there are other hotels in Dubai which have rooms priced in the range of SR 2,000 and SR5,000 per night and these prices are considered to be the highest worldwide; more than the luxurious hotels in Europe and America,” he added.
“Dubai is the top holiday destination for Saudis owing to its numerous attractions. Secondly, political instability in neighboring Arab countries, which were favored by Saudis earlier, has diverted them to Dubai,” Nasser Al-Tayyar, president of Al-Tayyar Tourism and Travel Group, said…. see more

 

source: arabnews

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