Winter is under the sign of the Festival!

THE 17TH DUBAI TRADE FESTIVAL WILL LAST 32 DAYS - FROM JANUARY 5 TO FEBRUARY 5, 2012

The Dubai Event and Promotion Office (DEPE) has announced the dates of the 17th annual Dubai International Trade Festival (DSF), from January 5 to February 5, 2012.

The 17th Dubai Trade Festival (DTF) - this event, traditionally attracting millions of visitors and buyers to the emirate annually, will be held under the new slogan: “All the best is in Dubai!”, Which will support the “One peace. One family. One festival. "

According to the organizers ’expectations, more than 6,000 retailers will take part in DTF 2012, who will offer their customers amazing discounts on their goods and services, as well as numerous opportunities to win luxury prizes, from luxury cars to gold bullions, as always.

It should be noted that since the first Dubai Trade Festival in 1996, the lucky ones who won valuable and cash prizes in the lotteries have received, in total, the equivalent of 1.4 billion dirhams (US $ 382 million).

In addition to purchases and prizes, hundreds of events and events have been prepared and will be held for residents of the Emirate of Dubai and its guests, including concerts, musicals, shows, sporting events, fashion shows and much more.

The attractiveness of the Dubai Trade Festival for international travelers is easy to track based on statistics. Thus, according to Hamad bin Majren, executive director of the Department of Tourism and Commercial Marketing of Dubai (DCTM), from January to September 2011, more than 1 million tourists from neighboring countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) visited Dubai. Mr. Majren believes that this figure will increase significantly by the beginning of 2012.

The figures for the number of travelers from Russia and the CIS countries annually arriving in the United Arab Emirates for leisure and shopping also exceed one million people a year.

These statistics were released during the regional conference "Tourism GCC 2011", which was attended by representatives of 150 companies and organizations. During the conference, Muhammad Saeed Al Falasi, director of the Dubai Event and Promotion Office (DEPE), spoke in great detail about the plans for the 17th Dubai Trade Festival (DTF), which will be held in 2012 from January 5 to February 5 .

According to Mr. Al Falasi, during the 16 previous Dubai shopping festivals, from 1996 to 2010, more than 50 million guests attended Dubai attracted by this annual event. DTF participants spent a total of 88 billion dirhams (US $ 24 billion) on purchases and entertainment during all this time, received awards, prizes and won lotteries totaling 1.4 billion dirhams (US $ 382 million).

Recall that the already long-awaited, long-awaited Dubai Trade Festival is held by decree and under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the UAE, and ruler of Dubai. This annual event is one of the most popular and expected among residents and guests of the United Arab Emirates. It attracts people from over 200 nationalities from all over the world to Dubai. And the coming year will not be an exception. Welcome to the festival, which will show you "All the best is in Dubai"!

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