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The official website of Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority reported a surge of visitors of visitors over the Grand Prix weekend, up 107% compared to the previous weekend.

Over the course of the weekend, 32,331 people from 155 countries visited the website, to find out about the emirate’s hotels and attractions.

A total of 2,274 people searched the site forhotels, while 200 people were looking for flights and 1,416 enquired about restaurant information.

Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority’s Digital Committee chairman Khaled Al Hashemi said: “The number of visitors more than doubled compared to the previous weekend with hotels, airlines and restaurants being the most popular searches. In all we registered 89,315 page views over the weekend – our highest to date.”

Visitabudhabi.ae’s newsletter also reaped the benefits of the event, with new subscribers from 27 countries.

 

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