U.S. Travelers Help Drive Middle East Tourism Recovery
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Skift Take
The continued focus on tourism in the Middle East has helped the region navigate its way through the unchartered landscape of Covid. Qatar is leading the way on recovery.
With flyers feeling more confident about long-haul travel, Americans are kick-starting travel revival in the world and the Middle East is no exception, noted market intelligence firm ForwardKeys.
A trend that had been highlighted in Skift's U.S. Travel Tracker March 2022 report.
Even as UK continues to be the top source market for the Middle East contributing to almost 13 percent of arrivals, U.S. is now inching closer to lead this recovery with shares at a little above 11 percent.
U.S. arrivals register a 15 percent increase over pre-pandemic levels, according to data from Forw
