Dubai airport plans temporary visas for transit passengers

Dubai, Feb 13 : The Dubai International Airport has planned to offer temporary visas to transit passengers, an official announced.

The visas will be given to "most nationalities", Amer Abdul Raoof, Director of Dubai 10X 2.0, a scheme which aims to reform all 36 governmental departments of Dubai, said on Monday.

In 2017, the airport was deemed as the world's busiest airport as it welcomed 88.2 million passengers, whereas Dubai hosted 15.8 million overnight tourists.

Raoof said that the airport was also installing a "Microcosm of Dubai", which is a virtual reality tour of Dubai's landmarks such as the Burj Khalifa, the Burj Al Arab and the Dubai Mall, the world's biggest shopping mall.