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A record 32.5M-passenger airport, the UAE’s new national railway, 81% hotel occupancy and the UAE’s fastest rate growth.
The Levant’s steady hand: a record 9.79 million through Queen Alia, Royal Jordanian back in profit — and a railway signed back to Damascus.
Tourism at a record 5.3% of the economy, the airport at 85% with a 20M plan, the Tbilisi sleeper back — and rates that learned their lesson at COP29.
The World Cup's house, open daily: the world's best airport, a driverless metro, coral towers on Lusail Marina — and the GCC's Tourism Capital 2026.
The world’s busiest international airport at 95.2M passengers feeds 154,264 rooms at 80.7% occupancy — with the world’s tallest hotel tower and a $35B successor airport rising.
Saudi Arabia’s busiest airport ever at 53.4M passengers, the 300 km/h Haramain spine to the Holy Cities and a Corniche pipeline from Raffles to Rixos.
The Gulf's quiet original: a world-record sea causeway, a two-airline airport at record traffic, towers on the point — and a dozen bus rides for three dinars.
The Gulf's weekend island: record airport, 15 million guests a year early, two UNESCO sites — and 25 km of causeway to Saudi Arabia.
The Gulf’s calm original: a flag carrier in profit for the first time in 15 years, two luxury debuts in one season — and Arabia’s most atmospheric cruise corniche.
The Vision 2030 capital: a 40.8M-passenger airport with a 120M successor rising, the world’s longest driverless metro and an ultra-luxury hotel stack at Diriyah Gate.
Ben Gurion back at 2.65M a month after the closed-sky March, a record 71.8M rail journeys, Six Senses and Nobu in the pipeline — the promenade where the rate never broke.
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