Chinese visitors to the UAE to get visas on arrival

Chinese visitors to the UAE will now be granted visas on arrival, the UAE Cabinet announced on Sunday, 5 Sept. 2016

HH Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai said, “We have approved a decision to grant visas on arrival at the country’s airports to visitors from the People’s Republic of China.”

He followed his comments on his official Twitter account saying, “Our relations with China are strategic and a priority".

Of the seven Emirates in the UAE, Dubai is the most popular. Over 14.2 million tourists visited Dubai in 2015. The leading tourist city is targeting 20 million tourists by 2020, the year it is set to host the Expo 2020.

As per statistics, 450,000 Chinese tourists visited Dubai, an increase of 29% from the previous year.