Dubai tourism aims to strike gold in India with more air connectivity

Saudi Arabia is Dubai's second-largest source market followed by the UK, China, and Germany

Dubai wants more air connectivity with India, to double the number of tourists from its biggest source market in the coming years. A record 2.1 million Indians visited Dubai in 2017, and the number continues to expand in the current year. 

“The air connectivity is never enough. We are running at almost full capacity. With the kind of campaigns we are running, demand should keep going up. We are working with Indian carriers to facilitate dialogue with the civil authorities and the airports in Dubai to make it easier for them to bring in more capacity,” Issam Kazim, chief executive,