Dubai expects an “aggressive” bounce back in tourism by the year-end after the Mideast travel hub allowed holiday-makers to resume flying into the emirate from Tuesday.“We’re looking forward to seeing aggressive growth coming once things normalize towards the year-end,” Helal Al Marri, director general of Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the appDubai, which spent years turning itself into a business and tourism hub, attracts millions of visitors annually thanks to its beaches, luxury hotels and high-end malls. It started easing restrictions in the past months after locking down the city and suspending travel.Al Marri also said:• “We’re definitely in a much better place today, people are much more optimistic, and we’re seeing it as definitely something very positive.”• “As countries get things under control, as things normalize, we definitely see the other side as being a very quick rebound to tourism.”• “We envisage as we move towards the year-end and as the markets do open up, people are going to start recruiting again, people are going to start to really trying to drive that growth because that’s what they’re there for with their businesses.”• No plan to introduce gambling.Read more:Coronavirus: Dubai Crown Prince inspects Dubai Airport as tourists welcomed backCoronavirus: Dubai hotels ready to welcome foreign visitors as emirate reopensCoronavirus: Here's 10 things to do in Dubai, UAE as COVID-19 restrictions ease
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Coronavirus: Dubai expects ‘aggressive’ bounce back in tourism, official says
