(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Nearly 90 per cent took an overseas holiday in the last year with india the us turkey maldives and france as the most popular destinations
visa’s study showed that over the next 12 months half of affluent uae respondents said they would be spending more than the previous year for their holidays. — kt file photo
around 50 per cent of uae travellers will spend more on family holidays in the next 12 months visa revealed on saturday quoting its latest study.
the global payments technology company will deliver a snapshot of the findings from its latest affluent study on the opening day of arabian travel market 2014 tomorrow which takes place over four days at the dubai world trade centre.
during its online survey visa interviewed over 300 credit card-holders in the uae both male and female between the ages of 18-55 years old. over 130 of the respondents had household incomes between dh200000 and dh300000 per annum and more than 170 respondents had household incomes of dh300000 and above per annum.
“one interesting feature of the study that i can reveal ahead of our presentation at arabian travel market is that in 2013 family holidays had the third-highest spending incidence among affluent respondents in the uae. nearly 90 per cent took an overseas holiday in the last year with india the us turkey maldives and france as the most popular destinations” said marcello baricordi general manager for the uae and global accounts lead at visa mena.
he added: “in terms of expected spending on family holidays over the next 12 months half of affluent uae respondents said they would be spending more than the previous year.” premium travel and hospitality is the theme of this year’s atm show with the launch of “spotlight on luxury”. the upscale focus will bring together luxury-brand exhibitors targeted luxury buyers and visitors along with a number of special seminar sessions exploring the high-value market segment for both inbound and outbound travellers.
“the uae’s hospitality profile in many ways is defined by its number of five-star luxury hotels fine-dining restaurants celebrity chefs and designer labels. discerning uae residents are now demanding similar levels of luxury when travelling abroad and they are willing to pay for it” said mark walsh portfolio director of reed travel exhibitions the organiser of the atm. “besides the visa seminar we will be holding several other luxury-themed sessions which will examine key opportunities in the global luxury travel arena and what this means for inbound and outbound tourism in the gulf” added walsh.
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