{"id":9555,"date":"2018-03-07T06:09:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T06:09:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-03-07T06:09:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T06:09:18","slug":"dubai-airport-passenger-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/dubai-airport-passenger-transit\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Is Opening Up To Passengers In Transit Through Dubai Airports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dubai is\u00a0not shy about its aim to reach 20 million visitors by 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Right now\u00a014.9 tourists visit Dubai annually, while approximately\u00a046 million passengers transit through Dubai Airports each year, who do not visit the city.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Dubai Airports announced its plan to open the city up to passengers in transit, if you&#8217;ve got more than four hours of airport time, you will be\u00a0encouraged to leave the airport and visit the city,\u00a0with a &#8216;dynamic itinerary&#8217; created for you, depending on the amount of transit time you&#8217;ve got.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dubai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Dubai<\/a> Airports proposes \u201cMicrocosm of Dubai\u201d as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dubai10X?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Dubai10X<\/a> Initiative overseen by Dubai Future Foundation&#8230; In <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dubai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Dubai<\/a> transit time will become tourism as passengers are encouraged to leave the airport to experience the city.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dubai10X?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Dubai10X<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dubai10X?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Dubai10X<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DubaiAirports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DubaiAirports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iqQL4oPB8C\">pic.twitter.com\/iqQL4oPB8C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DXBMediaOffice\/status\/971006643696742400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The average spend for each visitor in transit is AED9<\/h3>\n<p>While the average spend per tourist who visits Dubai is AED966.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dubai is\u00a0not shy about its aim to reach 20 million visitors by 2020. 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