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Dubai's grand plan to convert tourists into residents has worked, at least on the Russians. Russia travel into Dubai is slowing down for the first time in months.
After a six-month streak as Dubai's second-largest tourism market, inbound travel from Russia is now slowing down. Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, Russians have been coming in droves to havens such as Dubai or the Maldives. A year on, many of those tourists have become residents in the emirate.
Russia has slipped to fourth in Dubai's tourism source market leaderboard, now overtaken by Saudi Arabia and the UK. Around 731,00