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Raki Phillips, CEO of Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Growth Authority (RAKTDA)
On the sidelines of the PATA Annual Summit (PAS 2025) that passed off in İstanbul, Türkiye, TDM obtained the prospect to talk to Raki Phillips, CEO of Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Growth Authority (RAKTDA) within the UAE.
Phillips is liable for the continued progress of the Emirate as a world-class tourism vacation spot. Speaking passionately concerning the vacation spot he stated: “Ras Al Khaimah is an excellent vacation spot that caters to travellers from everywhere in the world. We’ve got a selected marketing campaign the place we’re actually selling the great thing about the vacation spot, all the pieces from Jabal Bil Ays, the best mountain within the UAE to our 64 km of beachfront, and the gorgeous desert topography that we now have. It’s an amazing place for households. It’s an amazing place for people and the resort assortment that we now have is second to none”
Sharing statistics he stated: “So we’ve seen a major progress in our inbound travellers globally, but in addition from Asia, particularly. We’ve got seen a 12% progress YOY from Asia, this a progress we hope will proceed all year long. The Indian market, continues to be one in every of our greatest, added to by proximity and nice connectivity. It’s simply 45 minutes from the Dubai Worldwide Airport. Furthermore, the protection that the Emirates supplies makes it a really enticing vacation spot for the Asian traveller.”
Elaborating on outbound tendencies he stated, “Outbound tourism out of the UAE and Ras Al Khaimah is rising. In Asia, Japan appears to be on prime of the checklist, particularly throughout the “Eid break”. Europe continues to do effectively, persons are additionally on the lookout for some new locations, that they haven’t explored beforehand, locations like Georgia, Armenia are developing. We’re additionally seeing lots of people touring domestically to expertise different elements of the UAE.”
12 per cent of the UAE’s GDP comes from Tourism. He went on to say: “Ras Al Khaimah goes by an unbelievable transformation. Final 12 months, we welcomed just below 1.3 million vacationers, however our aim on the finish of the last decade is three and a half million vacationers. That’s the reason we have to diversify our supply markets.”
Speaking concerning the supply markets he concluded: “We do very effectively in a few of our key supply markets, UK Germany, CIS Area, India, China has now come into our prime 10 and we’re very excited to welcome them. One other Asian nation that’s so necessary to focus on from the tourism perspective. And with the campaigns after we present the accessibility and fantastic thing about the vacation spot to the supply markets, it makes it very promising.”
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