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Hi Dubai
01-05-2025
- Business
- Hi Dubai
ATM 2025: New Research Reveals Top Travel Trends and Market Opportunities in the Middle East
The Middle East's travel industry is set for a strong rebound in 2025, with international demand driving rapid growth across the region, according to research unveiled at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2025 in Dubai. The 'ATM Trends Report: Leisure, Luxury and MICE' by Tourism Economics revealed that global travel is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels this year, with the GCC outperforming the global average. Over 85 percent of the region's projected accommodation demand growth is being driven by international travellers. Dave Goodger, Managing Director EMEA at Tourism Economics, noted the GCC's strategic advantages and strong momentum in attracting tourists. Group added that growing interest in entertainment, educational, and elderly travel segments is expanding opportunities, backed by favourable visa policies and robust infrastructure investment. Further insights from VIDEC Consultants highlighted rising demand in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and India for air and hotel bookings through online travel agencies. Founder and CEO Virendra Jain pointed to the region's digitally savvy youth, strong cultural connections, and booming air connectivity as key growth enablers for religious, wellness, VFR (visiting friends and relatives), and luxury travel. VIDEC projects the UAE's total air market will grow to $5.4 billion by 2028, up 32 percent from 2019. OTA bookings are expected to hit $679 million this year, with airline direct channels surpassing $850 million due to enhanced digital experiences and loyalty offerings. ATM 2025 wraps up tomorrow at Dubai World Trade Centre, having hosted over 55,000 attendees and 2,800 exhibitors from 166 countries under the theme 'Global Travel: Developing Tomorrow's Tourism Through Enhanced Connectivity.' News Source: Emirates News Agency
Indian Express
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
2 groups clash at Madhya Pradesh village over Dalit man's last rites
A Madhya Pradesh village saw stone-pelting and the blockade of a road after a group of people disrupted the funeral of a Dalit man, police said. The incident took place on Monday at Leelda village in Sheopur district. Five days ago, Jagdish Jatav, who worked in Bengaluru, died in a road accident. His body was brought to the village on Monday morning, and by 1 pm, his family and community members were performing the last rites at a government plot. However, police said, some people had encroached on the property and they objected to the man's last rites being performed there. This led to an argument that then escalated to stone-pelting between the groups. Jagdish Jatav's community members then blocked a main road where they placed his body in protest. Sheopur Superintendent of Police Virendra Jain said the Jatav community's designated crematorium had been acquired by the Railways for a line to Kota, forcing them to use the disputed government land, which had been encroached by people from the Rawat community. 'It was not a caste conflict, though some have given it a political colour,' Jain told The Indian Express. Senior officials, including Vijaypur Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Abhishek Mishra and the Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP), intervened and, after six hours of talks, pacified both sides. The last rites were eventually conducted on the government land. A protester, Suresh Jatav, alleged that despite authorities designating the plot for cremation, it was illegally occupied by people who lacked any legal claim to the land. 'The administration assured us the land was allocated for last rites,' he said.
New Indian Express
28-04-2025
- New Indian Express
Upper caste encroachers stop Dalit man's last rites on govt land in Madhya Pradesh; both sides clash
SHEOPUR: The last rites of a Dalit man was stopped on a plot of government land by alleged encroachers from an upper caste in Sheopur in Madhya Pradesh on Monday, resulting in stone-pelting between two groups and a road blockade, a police official said. The incident took place in Leelda village, he said. "The Dalit man had died in an accident in Bengaluru some days ago. When his kin and community members were taking the body for last rites on a plot of government land encroached by some upper caste members, the latter stopped them," the official said. "The argument led to stone-pelting from both sides, after which members of the Jatav community, to which the deceased belongs, blocked the road by placing his body there," the official added. The two sides were pacified by senior police and administration officials, Sheopur Superintendent of Police Virendra Jain said. Jain said the Jatav community's crematorium was acquired by the railways, after which they were performing last rites on a plot of land in the possession of another community, which had triggered a deadlock. "The Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) and Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) are on the spot and have normalised the situation. Both sides are being counselled," the SP said. A protester said the land belonged to the government and authorities had allowed them to conduct last rites here after the crematorium was taken over. However, upper caste men had illegally occupied this plot, he alleged.
