The tour operator Anex Tour announced the expansion of the range of tours in the UAE. Tours on block of seats on flydubai flights from 9 cities in Russia, as well as GDS tours, are supplemented with new programs based on the Emirates block transportation from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Dubai for the summer season.

Some tourists are reoriented from Turkey to Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and even Tunisia. This is due to high prices. Not everyone is ready to pay $ 2 500 - $ 3 850 for 7 nights at those Turkish hotels that used to cost 1,5–2 times cheaper.

This year the UAE will remain one of the main tourist destinations for Russians, but Turkey will still retain its leadership at the end of the year. Tour operators in 2023 will generally maintain summer volumes of block transportation to the Emirates, and some will even increase them.

Egypt moved from the third position to the first since March 8, having increased its share by 6 points. The UAE lost a little - 2 points, Thailand lost 5 points. And Turkey, on the contrary, increased its share by 4 points.

At the end of 2022, the Emirate of Dubai accepted 758 thousand tourists from Russia. The Russian market is the fifth among all tourist suppliers to Dubai in 2022.

The Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) received a record 107 000 Russian tourists in 2022, exceeding the best result of 2019 by almost 20%. The Emirate plans to increase the number of Russian tourists to 115 000 by the end of 2023.

After the January holidays, the cost of tours to the United Arab Emirates is reducing. Often tours are comparable to the prices for air transportation to Dubai.

The Russian tourist flow to Abu Dhabi in 2022 recovered by 93% from the pre-pandemic 2019. For 10 months of 2022, the number of tourists from Russia who visited Abu Dhabi increased by 203% compared to the same period last year.

The UAE entered the TOP of the most popular outbound destinations for Russian tourists for the New Year holidays 2022/2023. Tourists more often began to combine several emirates in one tour.

At once, two tour operators announced programs to the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah of the UAE. For the first time since 2019, Azur air has launched direct flights to the emirate. So far, flights are operated only from Moscow.

Pegas Touristic launches new flights to the UAE for winter holidays Details about the flight program to the UAE, all new flights that will be offered to tourists, as well as the prices for tour packages were presented by the tour operator Pegas Touristic.

From December 4, Air Arabia launches flights from Ufa, Kazan and Yekaterinburg to Sharjah. Three major Russian tour operators have taken blocks of seats on these flights.

Anex Tour increases the number of offers for the UAE and will transport tourists to Dubai with direct flights from Moscow, Sochi, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm and Ufa.

The flight program for tourists to the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) starts from Moscow on October 30. Coral Travel arranges a block flight program based on these flights.

Compared with the end of September, the cost of air tickets for flights from Russia to abroad has decreased by 4-10 times, depending on the destination.

As the tour operator Pac Group noted, the Emirates are breaking all records this year, showing good results not only in the traditional winter season, but also in summer. Many Arab airlines will significantly increase their transportation.

The tour operator Intourist has published tours to the UAE for the upcoming winter season. The flight program is arranged on the block transportation of Azur air from six cities of departure.

The tour operator Russian Express has expanded its range of offers to the UAE by creating tours based on guaranteed block of seats of Etihad.

This year, the high tourist season in the UAE started earlier than usual, and the demand for tours to the country in September increased at least 2 times compared to the same period in 2021. Since September, tour operators have already increased traffic volumes, while earlier flight programs began only since October.

This year, the high tourist season in the UAE started earlier than usual, and the demand for tours to the country in September increased at least 2 times compared to the same period in 2021. Since September, tour operators have already increased traffic volumes, while earlier flight programs began only since October.

Compared to the first half of 2021, the tourist flow to Dubai from the Russian Federation increased by 47% and amounted to 309 thousand people. Russia entered the TOP-5 source markets and overtook the USA, France and Germany in terms of the number of tourists in Dubai.

Tour operator Anex Tour announced new flight programs to Dubai from Moscow and regions of the Russia for the summer and autumn seasons. The company took blocks of seats on flydubai flights from 8 regions of the Russian Federation.

Among foreign countries, Armenia, Tajikistan and Turkey were the most in demand in early May.

The demand for foreign holidays during the May holidays is still behind the pre-Covid 2019 period by about 10%. The most popular destination for Russian tourists during this period is Turkey.

More than 440 000 Russian tourists visited the Emirate of Dubai in 2021. Compared to 2020, the increase in the number of tourists from Russia was more than 50%.