Results of an annual Trends and Spends survey conducted by the UK's Meetings & Incentive Travel magazine in June 2002 have ranked Dubai as the number one long haul city/state/resort in the world in 2001 according to a press release issued by the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM).
“Dubai has the facilities and services to compete with the best in the world and the results of this survey have established our success as an ideal incentive venue," said the DTCM Director General Khalid Bin Sulayem.
The survey covers the full calendar year of 2001 and ranks destinations that are most popular for incentive travel. Dubai leads the long haul category classified by delegate nights and is followed by Las Vegas, Cape Town, Mauritius, California, Savannah, Miami, New York, New Orleans and Orlando.
Meetings and Incentive Travel magazine is a publication containing industry news, destination reports and articles and its primary target audience is event organizers. It is published 10 times per annum with a current circulation of 16,200 copies (ABC certified).
“Dubai is a favored destination by UK incentive travel organizers and we will not only sustain our strong showing in the UK market but develop it further,” remarked Bin Sulayem. The UK is one of Dubai's principal travel origin markets in Europe accounting almost 350,000 hotel establishment guests in 2001 registering a growth of 16 percent over the previous year. — (menareport.com)
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