According to a recent report from Emirates Industrial Bank, hotel and other tourism projects increased the contribution of tourism to the GDP of the United Arab Emirates from 3.2% in 1995 to 6.2% in 2010. It is predicted that further development of the sector, planned in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and other emirates, will bring the share of tourism in the UAE's GDP to 12.5% by 2025.
According to a report by Emirates Industrial Bank, such a rapid development of this sector is caused by a significant increase in the number of tourists visiting the UAE in recent years. In 2010 alone, the number of tourists increased by 10.5%, reaching 11.6 million people.
The UAE tourism sector has achieved such successes not least thanks to its comprehensive development, which includes the development of not only tourism facilities themselves, but also shopping centers, transport networks and other necessary infrastructure links that contribute to the growing interest of international tourists in the UAE.
