Dubai welcomes 10.62m int'l tourists in 2024's first seven months

Dubai: In the first seven months of 2024, Dubai welcomed a total of 10.62 million tourists, representing an 8 per cent rise from the same timeframe last year, when the city welcomed 9.83 million international visitors.

According to the tourism performance report from Dubai's Department of Economy and Tourism, Dubai attracted 1.77 million visitors in January, 1.9 million in February, 1.51 million in March, 1.5 million in April, 1.44 million in May, 1.19 million in June and 1.31 million in July.

Western European nations were the top source of tourists to Dubai, contributing approximately 2.086 million visitors, which makes up 20 per cent of the overall total.