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Wego Reveals Top Trending Destinations for International Travel in 2025
(MENAFN- Wego) UAE, –ubai – 28 April 2025: Wego, the largest online travel marketplace and the number 1 travel App for flight bookings and searches in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), today revealed the relative popularity of global destinations with Middle East travelers. Wego users search for tens of millions of trips each quarter, and its flight and hotel data have been analyzed to determine the relative destination rankings. The leaderboard announced today covers the first four months of 2025.
Global Destination Trends
Egypt and KSA are keeping their position at the top, a trend that has been consistent for the past decade. Rounding up the top three is India. Having recently become the most populous country in the world, the highest number of Indians living outside India is in the Middle East, so it is no surprise that the country is the top non-Middle East country. Recent developments that further cement India’s strong position include Ind’a’s largest carrier, IndiGo, launching three new flight routes to Abu Dhabi; Mumbai-based Akasa Air starting another two flight routes to Abu Dhabi; and Royal Jordanian announcing public plans to start flying to Delhi and Mumbai.
Mamoun Hmidan, Chief Business Officer at Wego, commente“: “Egypt and Saudi Arabia have consistently held leading positions on our platform, a reflection of their strong outbound and domestic travel appetite, well-established tourism infrastructure, and year-round demand. This upward trend has remained steady for over a decade, supported by increased connectivity and evolving traveler preferences. India, securing third place, underscores the influence of its vast and growing diaspora, especially within the Middle”East.”
Continuing a trend we reported on last year, Pakistan continues to gain ground, boosted by the suc‘ess of ‘Sala’ Pakistan’ campaign, the stable economic climate, and the proliferation of online booking platforms in the country. In addition to the growing demand, there has been an increase in the supply of both flight routes and airline carriers- in Q1 alone, flynas, flyadeal, and AirAsia X all commenced direct flights to Karachi. Additionally, Karachi-based Fly Jinnah commenced international flights in 2024.
Other notable country movements i’clude Syria’s dramatic rise of 30 spots to ma e the top 10. Syria restarted international flights from Damascus in January and from Aleppo in March, with Qatar Airways reporting 90% seat occupancy on Doha-Dam scus flights. In April, direct flights to the UAE resumed as well. With these developments, we expect Syria to gain further positions inside the top 10 in Q2 and the rest of 2025.
Global Destination Trends
Egypt and KSA are keeping their position at the top, a trend that has been consistent for the past decade. Rounding up the top three is India. Having recently become the most populous country in the world, the highest number of Indians living outside India is in the Middle East, so it is no surprise that the country is the top non-Middle East country. Recent developments that further cement India’s strong position include Ind’a’s largest carrier, IndiGo, launching three new flight routes to Abu Dhabi; Mumbai-based Akasa Air starting another two flight routes to Abu Dhabi; and Royal Jordanian announcing public plans to start flying to Delhi and Mumbai.
Mamoun Hmidan, Chief Business Officer at Wego, commente“: “Egypt and Saudi Arabia have consistently held leading positions on our platform, a reflection of their strong outbound and domestic travel appetite, well-established tourism infrastructure, and year-round demand. This upward trend has remained steady for over a decade, supported by increased connectivity and evolving traveler preferences. India, securing third place, underscores the influence of its vast and growing diaspora, especially within the Middle”East.”
Continuing a trend we reported on last year, Pakistan continues to gain ground, boosted by the suc‘ess of ‘Sala’ Pakistan’ campaign, the stable economic climate, and the proliferation of online booking platforms in the country. In addition to the growing demand, there has been an increase in the supply of both flight routes and airline carriers- in Q1 alone, flynas, flyadeal, and AirAsia X all commenced direct flights to Karachi. Additionally, Karachi-based Fly Jinnah commenced international flights in 2024.
Other notable country movements i’clude Syria’s dramatic rise of 30 spots to ma e the top 10. Syria restarted international flights from Damascus in January and from Aleppo in March, with Qatar Airways reporting 90% seat occupancy on Doha-Dam scus flights. In April, direct flights to the UAE resumed as well. With these developments, we expect Syria to gain further positions inside the top 10 in Q2 and the rest of 2025.
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