The United Arab Emirates is the top destination for tourists from India, the official Emirates News Agency reported today.
In the first quarter of 2021 from January through March, 314,495 Indian citizens traveled to the UAE on tourist visas, according to statistics Indian Foreign Minister Vellamvelly Muraleedhara provided to India’s parliament. This is the last period for which data was available. The figure represented a 50% increase from March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to take hold, according to the agency.
