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United Arab Emirates

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

United Arab Emirates is a tourism destination in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

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International Tourist Arrivals

11.5M

Latest verified value · 2021

International Tourism Receipts

$34.4B

Latest verified value · 2021

TCTI Destination Profile

Growing tourism destination

United Arab Emirates has experienced rapid long-term tourism growth. This profile is calculated from the best available annual and monthly tourism records currently held by TCTI.

Executive tourism profile for United Arab Emirates

Profile confidence

50

/ 100

Confidence reflects the intelligence modules currently supported by compatible source data.

Growth profile

Rapid growth

Seasonality profile

Not yet available

What this means

  • Rapid visitor growth may increase demand for accommodation, transport, infrastructure, and destination management.

The destination profile combines TCTI's available growth and seasonality intelligence. Confidence reflects whether both compatible annual-arrivals and monthly-tourist-night datasets are available.

Tourism Intelligence

Executive summary

A concise interpretation of the strongest official tourism records currently available for United Arab Emirates.

2 indicators available
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
High income

United Arab Emirates is a tourism destination in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

International tourist arrivals were 11.5M in 2021. International tourism receipts were $34.4B in 2021.

The figures shown here are drawn from UN Tourism. Reporting years may differ between indicators because TCTI displays the strongest verified or published value currently available for each measure.

Derived Intelligence

Tourism growth

How international tourist arrivals changed between 1995 and 2021.

TCTI Growth Insight

Rapid growth

Confidence

95%

United Arab Emirates's international tourist arrivals increased by 395.9% between 1995 and 2021. This is equivalent to an average annual growth rate of +6.4%. The sharpest annual decline was 68% in 2020.

Total growth

+395.9%

1995 to 2021

Average annual growth

+6.4%

Compound annual growth rate

Starting arrivals

2.3M

Reported in 1995

Latest arrivals

11.5M

Reported in 2021

Largest annual increase

+127.8%

Change recorded in 2014

Largest annual decline

-68%

Change recorded in 2020

What this means

  • Long-term growth trends can indicate changes in destination popularity.
  • Growth should be interpreted alongside seasonality, visitor spending, and tourism dependence.

Growth is calculated using the earliest and latest available international arrivals data held by TCTI. Results may reflect gaps or methodological changes in the underlying series.

Key Tourism Indicators

Tourism performance at a glance

Verified tourism indicators currently available for United Arab Emirates. Reporting years may differ by dataset.

2021

International Tourist Arrivals

11.5M

UN Tourism · 2021

International Tourist Arrivals

VerifiedHistorical
2021

International Tourism Receipts

$34.4B

UN Tourism · 2021

International Tourism Receipts

VerifiedHistorical

Rankings & Comparisons

How United Arab Emirates compares

Positions use each country's best currently available official record. Years can differ, so use these as directional benchmarks rather than synchronized league tables.

Data Availability

33% dashboard coverage

2 of 6 dashboard indicators currently have usable official data for United Arab Emirates.

0 current0 reporting lag2 historical

Available

  • ✓International Tourist Arrivals · 2021 · Historical
  • ✓International Tourism Receipts · 2021 · Historical

Not Yet Available

  • ○Tourist Nights
  • ○Tourism Direct Share of GDP
  • ○Tourism Employment Share
  • ○Resident Tourism Trips

Official Sources

Data sources used for United Arab Emirates

These organizations and datasets provide the indicators currently displayed on this country dashboard.

✓

UN Tourism

Latest displayed year: 2021

Official

Indicators

  • • International Tourist Arrivals
  • • International Tourism Receipts

Datasets

  • International Tourist Arrivals
  • International Tourism Receipts
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Historical Trend

International arrivals over time

Annual international tourist arrivals reported for United Arab Emirates. Values are shown in millions.

Source: UN TourismYears: 1995–2021Annual data

Dataset: International Tourist Arrivals

About the Data

Best available official data

TCTI evaluates available tourism records by reporting status, year, source priority, official-source status, and publication history. The dashboard displays the strongest available record while preserving historical observations and alternative sources in the database.