Inbound business to Dubai has remained robust in 2009 according to tour operator giant Kuoni.
The Switzerland-headquartered firm, which runs inbound operations in Dubai, said European business to the emirate performed well last year despite a sight decline from the CIS market.
“The number of passengers travelling to Dubai hasn’t dropped, but travel behaviour has shifted towards last-minute deals,” said Kuoni head of sales for India and the Middle East Yasser Noman.
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He said demand for last-minute bookings had increased by 38% compared to last year and that now hotel capacity had increased, Dubai was more affordable. Business leading up to the festive period also performed well noted Noman, who said the number of inbound passengers to the region was similar to recent years.
Noman, who heads Kuoni’s Destination Asia unit, recently took over responsibility for Destination Africa and told ATN the company planned to expand into Jordan in 2010.
“This should take place in the second quarter and this hub (in Jordan) will look after 11 countries, where the main bulk of business will come from Europe and CIS countries,” he said.
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