DUBAI: While people in many countries are stuck indoors during the winter, Dubai’s residents are encouraged to take advantage of the warmer temperatures and become a tourist in their own city. With its plethora of world-class attractions, outdoor adventures and family friend activities, Dubai offers plenty of ways for families and friends to spend quality […]
DUBAI: In collaboration with Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET), the dnata Travel Group is launching My City Expert which offers residents and tourists a new way to experience Dubai. Designed to become a user’s dedicated Dubai travel companion, My City Expert makes it possible to book in real-time a host of more than […]
DUBAI: Dubai International (DXB) continues to be the world’s busiest airport by international passenger numbers for the eighth consecutive year after clocking 29.1 million in annual traffic in 2021. DXB’s annual traffic exceeded forecasts for the year by more than half a million passengers, on the back of a strong last quarter. Paul Griffiths, CEO […]
DUBAI: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that the number of riders using public transport, shared transport, and taxis in Dubai, which include the metro, tram, public buses, marine transport means (abras, ferry, water taxi, water bus), e-hail vehicles and taxis (Dubai Taxi and franchise companies) in 2021 amounted to about 461 million riders. […]
It isn’t a typical flight, there isn’t in-flight service, no business class cabin, no food or watching a movie. It is just an eight-minute life flight from takeoff to landing, there’s no time for any of that. There are shorter flights there too, the hop from Westray to Papa Westray in Scotland’s Orkney Islands clocks […]
ABU DHABI: The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque’s main prayer hall housed the world’s largest carpet, a unique masterpiece with dazzling beauty and design. The carpet was hand-knotted by a group of the world’s most skilled artists and weavers. The wool and cotton carpet was hand-crafted by around 1,200 artisans. It is 5,400 square metres, with […]
DUBAI: Global travel trends must accommodate the needs of future travellers and what they want from a destination, experts highlighted during a panel discussion at Expo 2020 Dubai. The ‘Reimagined Cities: Can cities leverage urban design and technology to attract the next-generation traveller?’ session, organised by the Singapore Tourism Board and held at Terra – The […]
In the era 1467-1615, during Japan’s Sengoku “Warring States” era, castles were constructed and fortified all across the Japanese archipelago, resulting in about 5,000 individual keeps. Although several were ravaged at the behest of the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Edo period (1603-1868) and eventually following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, when power was restored to […]
If you’re travelling from the UAE to Mumbai, Maharashtra you will be exempted from the compulsory seven-day home quarantine and RT-PCR test, as per an order from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). “To contain the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in the city, special SOPs for monitoring of international travellers arriving from United Arab […]
If you were on a passenger plane in 1950 and took a peek into the cockpit, there would be five people there: two pilots, a radio operator, a navigator and a flight engineer. As time passed with technical advances in navigation as well as radio communications, navigation systems and onboard monitoring equipment eventually made it […]
DUBAI: Expo 2020’s Travel & Connectivity Business Forum gave a snapshot into the future of the tourism industry in Dubai, including how the power of travel and connectivity can contribute to a more sustainable future. During the event – moderated by former news anchor, event host, and MC Laura Buckwell and held at Dubai Exhibition […]
