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Dubai crowned top Tripadvisor Global Destination

Tuesday, 9 January 2024 10:24

By ARN News Staff

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Dubai has retained the top spot as the No.1 global destination in the 2024 Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice Awards, becoming the first city to achieve this recognition for three years in a row.

Making the announcement on social media, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, said the city's "accomplishments in the tourism sector, once thought to be an unattainable dream, is now a tangible reality".

He added that the accomplishment is due to the visionary Dubai Economic Agenda, under the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

Dubai has once again secured the top spot as the No.1 global destination in the 2024 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards, making it the first city to achieve this recognition for three consecutive years in a row. Dubai's accomplishments in the tourism sector, once thought to be… pic.twitter.com/EFk9SoJdvb
— Hamdan bin Mohammed (@HamdanMohammed) January 9, 2024

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