United Arab Emirates Pushes Ahead Attracting Visitors: Latest Skift Recovery Index

Skift Take
November: The U.S. chose a new president and vaccine manufacturers showed promising test results, but Europe saw coronavirus cases rising and the Singapore-Hong Kong bubble burst before it even took off. Out of it all came some surprising frontrunners.
It has been a strange year full of tests for the travel industry, and the Skift Recovery Index has tracked it all. We have just released the latest highlights report, focusing on the travel performance of 22 countries during the month of November.
The index ebbed and flowed but moved into December on a high of 44, which indicates that the travel performance stands at 44 percent compared to the same time last year.
While this is a slight uptick from the end of October, in the great scheme of things the index has been relatively flat since strong recovery in May and June. It has not been above 50 percent since March, when it was on its way down.
While a number of countries performed well during November, the United Arab Emirates stood out for its fast improvement, pushing it to the top of the ranking.
After a strict lockdown over the summer, the United Arab Emirates has relaxed its entry requ