KSA, UAE, Kuwait And Bahrain Visitors To UK Up 6.6% In 2016

Visitors to the UK from KSA, UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain totalled 659,466 in 2016, an increase of 6.6%, amounting to almost 5,000 more visitors than the previous year, according to data released by Arabian Travel Market, (ATM), which is being held at Dubai World Trade Centre from 22-25 April 2018.

The UK welcomed over 350,000 visitors from the UAE; more than 150,000 from KSA; over 100,000 from Kuwait and just under 50,000 from Bahrain, which included nationals as well as expatriate residents.

Simon Press, Senior Exhibition Director, ATM, said: “The average spent per trip to the UK by visitors from KSA, UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain, per person, ranged from $1,150 to $3,153 in 2016. With a choice of 32 weekly direct flights to the UK, visitors from Saudi Arabia alone spent $485 million in 2016, the highest average spend per visit of any of the UK’s source markets.