United Arab Emirates

Following steady current value growth across both business and leisure markets during the review period, car rental is experiencing a sharp fall in value sales in the United Arab Emirates in 2020 after the very sharp decline in business travel led to...

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a severe negative impact on all areas of travel in the United Arab Emirates in 2020, along with associated industries such as retail. The pandemic has forced the postponement of Expo 2020, which was ...

In line with the precipitous fall in demand for air travel around the world, airlines in the United Arab Emirates are expected to record a very sharp decline in both retail current value sales and passenger numbers in 2020. Airlines have been hit ...

Travel intermediaries have been some of the hardest hit by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 as many online travel agencies (OTAs) dealt with a huge volume of cancelled trips and requests for refunds. This involved the bookings of both ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a strong negative impact on all categories in lodging in the United Arab Emirates in 2020 due to the very steep decline in business and leisure travellers. Luxury and upscale hotels, as the largest category, is ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and is continuing to have, a severe impact on inbound and outbound tourism flows to and from the United Arab Emirates in 2020, across both business and leisure markets. The United Arab Emirates is the largest tourism ...

COVID-19 is expected to lead to a decline in volume growth for in-car entertainment. Alongside uncertainty hindering consumer spending on non-essentials, lockdowns from March onwards resulted in consumers spending less time in their cars – and even ...

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country, gyms across the United Arab Emirates closed. This caused a lot of sports enthusiast to exercise at home, with outings having been reduced to a minimum, with no access to exercise classes, personal ...

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The outbreak of COVID-19 in the United Arab Emirates resulted in various curfew regulations, store closures, lockdowns and working limitations. As a result, 2020 is set to see a slowdown in economic activity, with volume growth for consumer ...

Home audio and cinema continues to decline as hi-fi’s and digital media player docks become more niche and less relevant; replaced by more sophisticated and convenient devices. In 2020, the decline for home audio and cinema is set to be intensified, ...

The outbreak of COVID-19 led to an increased amount of consumers working from home, a factor which is set to boost growth for computers and peripherals in 2020. Educational institutions, private and government organisations implemented distance ...

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The outbreak of COVID-19 and the consequent economic downturn is set to stifle volume growth for home video, which is predicted to record a 2% volume increase in 2020, compared to 3% in 2019. OLED’s will record half the volume growth of the previous ...

The demand for portable media players is set to continue declining drastically in 2020, due to both increased price-sensitivity, and a lack of need for portable devices due to home seclusion and lockdowns. In addition, the growing popularity of ...

Japanese spirits in whisky, as well as Sake/Shochu, gained in importance over the review period. Quality improvements as well as increased availability piqued the interest of consumers seeking new spirits. Distribution as well as shelf facings ...

The impact of COVID-19 on the UAE’s alcoholic drinks market has not been as stressed as other markets, due to availability of product and continued supply chain resilience. As a result of the closure on on-trade establishments and lockdown ...

Consumer buying behaviour as well as disposable incomes were impacting sales of beer in the UAE in 2019. Basket volume as well as consumer purchasing patterns were changing. Purchasing frequency was also impacted in off-trade outlets due to rising ...

The cider/perry category has also been impacted by the reduction in the non-Muslim workforce in the country due to unfavourable economic conditions, lower energy prices, and a drop in real estate prices causing a softening of economic conditions, and...

In 2019 the wine category was impacted by the shrinkage of the non-Muslim workforce in the UAE. This was due to unfavourable economic conditions, lower energy prices, and a drop in real estate prices, which caused a softening of economic conditions. ...