4.8 billion dirhams spent by UAE residents on tourism and online travel

2023-09-08 22:01:14

The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority revealed that the volume of spending by UAE residents on tourism and online travel (trading travel and tourism services through the Internet) exceeded 4.8 billion dirhams last year, including online spending on flights, hotel reservations, and vehicle rentals, as well as spending on packages. Vacations, holiday home rentals and cruises.

The Authority stated in the “Emirates Digital” report, which it recently issued, that the volume of online spending on flights reached more than 1.56 billion dirhams in 2022, while spending on vehicle rentals reached 361 million dirhams, while spending on hotel reservations reached 1.15 million dirhams. One billion dirhams.

She added that the volume of online spending on holiday packages amounted to 1.11 billion dirhams, while spending on renting holiday homes recorded 613.5 million dirhams, while spending on cruises reached 8.6 million dirhams.

The report also revealed the digital financial services that Internet users generally used on a monthly basis, indicating that 30% used phone payment services such as “Apple Pay” and “Samsung Pay” services, and others, while 24.3% used digital banking, investment, and insurance services. Or digital applications, while 19.6% used different types of encrypted digital signs, and the rest used various other services.

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