NEWS
DUBAI SET TO CELEBRATE NEW VISITOR NUMBER RECORD
Rob Gill
PALM SPRINGS LOOKS TO ITS HERITAGE James Chapple
Greater Palm Springs (NA440) will place its Native American heritage at the heart of its tourism offering next year. Upcoming developments include the
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, one of the US’s largest museums of Native American culture featuring a garden, spa and never-before-seen artefacts. The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, meanwhile has announced plans for a new 10,000-seater sports and entertainment arena, which could host an American Hockey League franchise. Its offering will be supported by more
than 2,000 new hotel rooms across the nine cities of Palm Springs in 2020. “We are thrilled to see 2020 bring so much investment in our destination,” said Joyce Kiehl, of Greater Palm Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Dubai (ME300) is on course to set a new record for international visitors in 2019 after seeing the number of hotel guests rise by nearly 4% during the first eight months of the year. The emirate welcomed 10.85 million
international guests between January and August – an increase from 10.44 million during the same period in 2018. The rise in guests means that Dubai is still on course to break last year’s record of 15.92 million visitors as it bids to meet its target of 20 million visitors in 2020. India continues to be Dubai’s largest inbound source market with 1.24 million guests during the first eight months of 2019, although this was a drop of 6% year-on-year. Over the same period, Saudi Arabia was the second-largest market with 1.13 million guests, followed by the UK with 759,000 visitors to Dubai, well ahead of other leading European markets including Russia (407,000 guests) and Germany (360,000). Shahab Shayan, senior manager,
UK & Ireland international operations at
Dubai Tourism, said: “This year has seen some exciting hotels and developments open as well as a host of consumer events including Dubai Food Festival and the third edition of Dubai Fitness Challenge. “Marketing plans for 2020 will be
showcasing Dubai as always being ‘in season’, as well as highlighting activities and events taking place throughout 2020.” Dubai’s ambitions to top the 20 million
visitors mark will be helped by the boost of hosting Expo 2020 from October 2020 to April 2021, which is expected to attract up to five million visitors. Hotel development also continues
apace with more than 170 new properties due to be added to Dubai’s current tally of 712 hotels and 119,000 rooms.
‘Arrivals from Japan and Mexico are on the up’ Sebastien Viau, vice-president sales and marketing, QuebecOriginal (NA400)
I
nternational visitation to Quebec continues to increase for our core
overseas markets of France, Germany and the UK, and a number of visitors are rising up from developing markets such as Japan and Mexico. Based on the latest estimates from Statistics Canada for international visitors entering the province in the period from January to June 2019, arrivals from Japan (+48%), Austria (+36%), Mexico (+33%) and Ireland (+22%) showed the strongest growth year-on-year.
his latest creative project, PY1, in June – a first-of-its-kind multimedia entertainment venue in Montreal’s old port. In 2020, Club Med will open its
Cirque du Soleil, which was founded
in the town of Baie St Paul and whose headquarters is in Montreal, celebrated 25 years of its iconic show Alegria this year. Plus, the company’s co-founder, Guy Laliberte, unveiled
first resort in Canada in Quebec’s Charlevoix region. The 4 Trident, CA$120 million all-inclusive mountain resort, just an hour from Quebec City International airport, will offer outdoor sports and activities year-round, including skiing, a toboggan run and whale-watching on the St Lawrence river.
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