Wego, the online travel company specializing in the Middle East and North Africa, announced that total flight searches from the UAE rose 15% year on year during the post-summer season, despite a 9% increase in average ticket prices compared with last year.
The company's data showed that the fastest-growing destinations included Damascus, where searches jumped 194.6%, followed by Yerevan with growth of 137.9%, supported by a visa-free entry policy for UAE residents, according to a press release published on the Wego website.
Searches for Kathmandu also rose 50.8% despite a 31% increase in ticket prices, and for Cairo by 24.9%. Meanwhile, Tbilisi recorded growth of 11.4% and Baku 3.8%.
Wego stressed that these indicators reflect two parallel trends in travel patterns from the UAE: core expatriate community trips to capitals such as Cairo, Damascus and Kathmandu, and short holiday trips to visa-easy European destinations such as Yerevan, Tbilisi and Baku.
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