🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

Western AsiaCapital Abu DhabiAEDArabic
Advisory
Level 3
Reconsider travel · State Dept ↗
Weather
97°F / 36°C
Clear sky · H 101° L 81°
Currency
AED
3.67 per $1
Entry
Requirements
Standing intel: weather, currency & advisory · updated May 28, 2026
UK FCDO advisoryAvoid all but essential travel

FCDO advises against all but essential travel

as of Jun 10, 2026Source: UK FCDO ↗

What’s moving in United Arab Emirates

91 stories · last 90 days
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Corporate & Business Travel

Abu Dhabi Race Week Rates Set to Run Roughly 4x Baseline

F1 has confirmed the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as this season's finale, locking in one of the Gulf's most predictable corporate-rate spikes despite regional…

Aug 25
Luxury Leisure

The numbers still favor the top of the market

Two data points confirm luxury travel's pricing power holds. In Abu Dhabi, F1's confirmed December finale (after Bahrain and Saudi races were scrapped) comes…

Aug 25
Corporate & Business Travel

Abu Dhabi F1 Rates Climb as Radisson Bets on Saudi Over a Cooling UAE

With Bahrain and Saudi Arabia's Grands Prix cancelled but Abu Dhabi's finale confirmed, expect race-week hotel occupancy near 93% and average rates running…

Aug 24
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This month
Abu Dhabi Locks In the Season, and the Rate Spike With ItAug 24
Abu Dhabi's Race Week Locks In as the Gulf's Priciest WindowAug 23
Abu Dhabi race rates near $900 as Gulf hotel investment tilts to SaudiAug 22
Abu Dhabi's F1 Finale Locks In Peak RatesAug 22
Dubai Hotels Recall Staff as Occupancy RecoversAug 21
Palm Jumeirah Listing Tests Dubai ValuationsAug 21
Dubai's Recovery Is Still Fragile, Not FinishedAug 21
Middle East hotel pipeline hits a record — and it's not about Dubai anymoreAug 19
Middle East: Building Booms in Saudi and Egypt, Risk Swings WideAug 18
Contrarian Take: Midscale, Not Luxury, Drives Gulf Tourism GrowthAug 16
Gulf Luxury Held Rate While Mid-Market Chased OccupancyAug 14
Gulf Hotel Demand Splits: Mid-Market Rebounds Faster Than LuxuryAug 13
Dubai and Abu Dhabi Hotels Are Moving in Opposite DirectionsAug 12
Dubai's Occupancy Slide Opens a Negotiating WindowAug 12
Lemon Tree Hotels Chases Outbound Indian Travelers to Dubai, Bangkok and the MaldivesAug 11
Ras Al Khaimah Drops the Discount PitchAug 11
Earlier
Middle East Demand Craters as Marriott RevPAR Falls 43%, Advisory ReissuedAug 5
Emirates Pares Back Its Dubai NetworkJul 28
Gulf Advisories Snap Back Just as the Region Discounts to CompensateJul 24
Saudi Payment Delays and a Riyadh Route With No BookingsJul 23
Emirates Rebuilds to 92% as Lebanon Reopens on Paper OnlyJul 23
Taj Looks to Switzerland and Southeast Asia as Its Dubai Momentum StallsJul 23
Emirates Climbs to 92% Capacity as Saudi Payment Delays Strain Gulf AgenciesJul 23
Emirates Rejects Its First 777X Frames, Setting Q2 2027 as a Hard Delivery FloorJul 22
Gulf Premium Fleet in Flux: Emirates' 777X Slips to 2027 While Riyadh Air Hits Its StrideJul 21
Developments from the last 90 days · Standing intel from REST Countries, Open-Meteo, Exchange Rate API & the U.S. State Department