An official delegation from the UAE - including representatives of various tourism departments and agencies - is participating in OTM, India's largest travel trade show, in Mumbai from February 21 - 23.

The UAE, which is participating for the second consecutive year, will showcase the most popular tourist destinations across all the emirates.

OTM is a major regional and global event that gathers more than 1,000 exhibitors from over 50 countries. It promotes tourism cooperation and expanded access to opportunities in new and promising tourist markets, either from India or from various other countries participating in the show.

Mohammed Khamis Al Muhairi, undersecretary at the Ministry of Economy and adviser to the Minister for Tourism, said that after last year’s successful participationm, the UAE has broadened its presence to include the various government bodies responsible for tourism in all the emirates as well as private sector representatives involved in tourism.

India is one of the UAE’s top tourism patrons, Al Muhairi noted, with the number of Indian visitors rising by 9 per cent over 2015 to 2.3 million last year, accounting for 8.5 per cent of the UAE’s total visitors. - TradeArabia News Service