The number of tourists from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Britain during the first half of last year by 18%, reaching 576 thousand tourists, spent more than 1.2 billion pounds ($ 1.7 billion).
She Somathi Ramanthan Regional Director for the British Tourist Authority in the Gulf and Asia Pacific, said that about 70% of visitors to the Gulf countries are the main destination of London.
The total tourist arrivals from the UAE in Britain spending during the first nine months of last year AED 2.2 billion, a growth of 3% from the same period of 2014, according to the newspaper "statement."
UAE market is private and the Gulf region in general, and one of the most important markets for the tourism sector in the United Kingdom, according to the illustrated by the Regional Director of the British Tourist Authority in the Gulf and Asia Pacific.
The newspaper quoted Ramanthan as saying that "the number of visitors from the UAE to the UK rose by more than 32% during the first nine months of last year, to reach about 260 thousand visitors."
She said in remarks on the sidelines of the launch campaign for the body in the Gulf region that "the number of tourists from the Gulf region is expected to grow by up to 4% in the current year thanks to the facilities granted by Britain and private e-visa, which greatly facilitated travel procedures and boosted the number of tourists from the market especially the UAE. "
She also noted that the United Kingdom expects to receive more than 40 million tourists this year, compared with 36 million tourists last year's growth rate of up to about 4%.
It is expected that spending visitors from outside Britain up to nearly 23 billion pounds this year, an increase of up to 4.2% compared to last year.
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