15% growth expected for tourism

After the launch of the new line of Emirates Airline 15% growth expected for tourism and travel between Dubai and Chicago.

Source: Chicago - Abdel Fattah victor 

Date: August 10, 2014

Economists forecast Guides and American experts to contribute to the regular air route launched by the Emirates last Wednesday non-stop between Dubai and Chicago, the third largest city in the United States and most active trade and tourism growth in the tourism exchange and travel up to 15% per annum between Dubai and Chicago. 

This came in a statement to «the statement of economic» on the sidelines of the big concert held by «Emirates» in the Grand Ballroom in East Chicago on the occasion of the opening of the new line, which was attended by just satisfaction Executive Vice Chairman of Emirates Airline, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Governor of the State of Illinois and a number of senior officials in the state and the Chicago civil Aviation Authority «Thoz Chicago Tourism» and members of the diplomatic corps and officials of the aviation and tourism industry in the state. 

Timing 

These experts said that the importance of the timing of the opening of the new line is that it came in the wake of the victory of Dubai to host the «Expo 2020» which began in Dubai preparedness and strongly expected to occur mutation rates in travel and tourism for the entire region, not only for the Emirate of Dubai. 

It also coincides with a new strategy began to stakeholders in Chicago in the application aims to stimulate tourism to the city of Chicago, which is the third largest city in the United States populous after New York City and Los Angeles, which is located in the state of Illinois and has a population of about 9 million people, where is Chicago one of the largest cities in the world, although they were not the largest one more cities to embrace all nationalities of the world. 

Increase the contribution of tourism 

They pointed out that the new line will support efforts aimed to increase the contribution of tourism to the GDP of Chicago, particularly as the new line connects the city with Dubai, which is a commercial center and a major tourist rather than on a regional scale only, but on the international level, which will reflect positively and quickly to tourism activities and economic development on both sides . 

Add quality 

Said Rossi Ondoleeno Commissioner Department of Civil Aviation in Chicago that the airline regular new Emirates constitutes a qualitative addition to the activities of the aviation and tourism in the city due to the fact that Emirates Airline of the best airlines in the world for many years for many years and will connect Chicago directly and indirectly to the corporate network, which includes about 144 the hand on the world level. 

Predicted Ondoleeno that exceeds the number of passengers traveling through airports in the city of Chicago during the current year 87 million passengers, noting that the city includes two major international airports, international airport, Midway, which airport internal and O'Hare International Airport, pointing out that Chicago is the second city of the world's busiest in terms of the number of passengers and where there is the headquarters of the Chairperson of more than 160 companies, including 30 companies listed in the list of «Fortune 500» and 12 in the list of «Fortune Global 500» and 10 companies in the list of «Financial Times Global 500» and staffed Aalmeon of cultures various speaking more than 132 languages. 

And confirmed the airline new direct between Dubai and Chicago comes under the distinguished relations linking the UAE and the United States commercially, politically, economically, and tourism, hitting American exports to the UAE in 2013, a record level of 24.6 billion dollars, an increase of 9% compared with 2012, which puts the UAE at the forefront of imported from the United States in the Middle East, thanks to orders for aircraft, Emirates Pyongyang. 

Unexpected boom 

He predicted Michael Sam Public Relations Manager Regional of the United States and Canada Authority «Thoz Chicago Tourism» to witness tourism exchange between Dubai and Chicago a big leap in the coming years after the opening of the new line because of the potential for cooperation between the large sides and opportunities for the development of tourism and commercial available between the two sides. 

He said there is a growing interest in the tourism sector in Chicago and efforts to attract greater numbers of tourists, especially from the Middle East and the Gulf Cooperation Council. There is also a growing interest from tourists Americans to go to the UAE and the Gulf region in general, in light of the great development witnessed by the countries of the region at all levels. 

Integration 

For his part, said Tom Bartkowska Director of International Business Development in Chicago Dubai and Chicago complementary in many economic sectors, which provides great opportunities for the development of tourism and economic development between them, stressing that the new line, Emirates Airline will open broad prospects for cooperation, pointing out that Chicago has one of the largest economies and the most diverse in the world with more than four million employees, with a gross domestic product of more than 500 billion dollars, a stronger economic actors is a major player in the technology sector and health services. 

He pointed out that the city has emerged as a global financial center since its inception CME and the Chicago Board of securities trading in 1848 as the city is a leading country in the field of the development of the green economy and is one of the most sustainable cities in the United States. 

«Chicago First Lady» 

She Anita Pederson, director of communication and public relations firm fluvial and marine tourism «Chicago First Lady» pleased with the opening of the new line, which will stimulate tourism between Dubai and Chicago dramatically. She noted that the Chicago Classic Lady has the latest cruise ship and working in collaboration through the Chicago River Foundation, which will be held during the coming period, intensive programs for the definition of river trips organized by four cruise ships accommodate 299 passengers per confirmed the great interest in the UAE market. 

Fast-growing market 

The United States is a key market rapid growth within the network of international flights for «Emirates» which began daily flights non-stop between Dubai and New York in June 2004 and expanded services tanker to the United States to include Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Seattle and Washington DC, Boston and Chicago. 

The airline Emirates more than 77 weekly passenger flight between Dubai and the United States are divided by 3 flights a day to New York and a daily flight to each of the eight other destinations. (Statement)