Dubai's Department of Economy and Tourism in the United Arab Emirates organized its annual promotional roadshow in Cairo yesterday, aiming to promote the emirate's tourism assets and its latest events and activities in the Egyptian market. The roadshow included workshops between participating institutions, companies and hotels from Dubai and Egyptian travel companies, with the aim of boosting Egyptian travel to Dubai, and the event saw active participation from both sides.
During the annual event, which was covered exclusively by Travel Yalla News, Jouri Kalthoum, Director of GCC and MENA Markets at International Operations of Dubai's Department of Economy and Tourism, presented the latest statistics on tourist arrivals from Egypt, which reached 203,765 Egyptian tourists from January to the end of August 2025.
In a related context, Kalthoum noted that average hotel occupancy in Dubai stood at about 79% through the end of July 2025, while the number of hotel establishments in the emirate reached 821, with a total of 152,364 rooms.
It is worth noting that Dubai welcomed 11.17 million international visitors from January to July 2025, compared with 10.62 million in the same period of 2024, an increase of 5%, according to the visitor performance report by key source markets issued by Dubai's Department of Economy and Tourism.
Western Europe topped the list of source markets for tourists to Dubai with 2.3 million visitors, accounting for 21% of total tourist arrivals to the emirate.
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