Abu Dhabi Emirate captured several world prizes in the field of tourism that are granted by “World Travel Award” to crown the great promotional and marketing efforts carried out by Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, especially in Europe in addition to the various great investment projects in the domains of hotels expansion, resorts and investment of islands supervised by Tourism Investment and Promotion company in Abu Dhabi.
Director General of Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority Mubarak Hamad El-Mehiry expressed his pleasure of the international appreciation that the authority acquired through its winning of the prize of best authority in promotion of its tourism destination in the Middle East, also and the obtaining of Abu Dhabi emirate the award of best new tourism destination by “World Travel Award” that grants its annual prizes for best accomplishments in the world tourism industry.
El-Mehiry said that the two prizes as well as the many awards that a number of bodies and hotel facilities in Abu Dhabi obtained comes at a time that Tourism industry in Abu Dhabi emirate realized a tangible progress reflected by welcoming of the emirate to more than 1.3 Million tourists in year 2006 who spent around 3.5 Million tourist nights with an increase amounted 40% in comparison with the previous year.
He added that obtaining of Abu Dhabi the prize of best authorities and award of best new tourist destination from World Travel Award is regarded as an additional recognition from the international institutions concerned with tourism domain as for success of efforts exerted by Tourism Authority in Abu Dhabi for enhancing presence of Abu Dhabi among the pioneering tourist destinations in the World.
Around what Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority achieved in the development of tourism sector in the emirate El-Mehiry said that the Authority nowadays about to prepare studies in the field, as the last period witnessed a great demand among investors higher than expected rates. He pointed out that Abu Dhabi aims at quality tourism within its promotional strategy.
