Landing a spot in the top 10 spots for UK travellers in 2025, Dubai has outranked several leading tourist destinations, as revealed in a poll conducted by a popular British airline, the British Airways.
It occupies the position that is actually greater than other famous places like Mauritius, Phuket, Miami, Bangkok, Rome, the Australia, Tokyo, Los Angeles and other Caribbean cities.
The survey considered the British Airways website’s holiday package searches in the UK and was conducted on the following terms: the first half of January 1 to July 24, 2024, for search results with 2025 travel plans, and the second half, from January 1 to July 28, 2023, for search results for 2024 travel plans.
The first six choices of the British traveller are New York, Orlando, Las Vegas, Maldives, Barbados, and Cancun; Dubai occupies the seventh place. These nearby famous sites pose competition, but the attraction to Dubai remains on the rise and makes it a year-round destination.
In the past, most of the tourists came especially to Dubai during the winter time, but due to the hot summer of Dubai the tourists are visiting Dubai for summer vacationsnow as well. Several tourists are interested in shopping and indoor attractions that eliminate the chance of visiting during the summer season in Dubai.
The British reader tends to favour destinations that have good connections to London airports and in this respect, Dubai stands out as a favourite destination. This is an active route, with many airlines serving both departure and arrival cities, such as Emirates and British Airways to name but a few.
According to the data from 2024, the United Kingdom ranked as the third source market of traffic to DXB after Indians and Saudis. The airport handled 2. trillion passengers from the United Kingdom and London being the leading city of visitation. 8 million visitors. This goes to prove just how important Dubai is in travel and tourism.
Still, Dubai is not solely popular among Britons to which other nationality of Western Europe can vouch? In the period January – June 1. Major tourist arrivals observed in the destination were 89 million Western European tourists showing international attractiveness of the emirate.
Claire Bentley from British Airways Holidays was happy describing the fact that interest in holidays increased, ‘The desire for holidays is still up for winter sun, festive mini-breaks and holidays 2025 and we are thrilled to have such a range of destinations for top 25 for 25’.
The various policies implemented by British Airways provide you an opportunity for competitive fare for those wishing to travel to Dubai. The return business flight from London Heathrow to Dubai costs £439(Dh2,110). Earlier this year, the airline also commenced flight to Abu Dhabi at a starting price of £390 (Dh1, 880). There is also another airline from the same country, the Etihad Airways based in Abu Dhabi which also offers direct flight to London to guests.
