UAE offers 5-year tourist visa for all nationalities

Dubai: In what could be a boost to those expatriates from Oman travelling to UAE, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai announced a five-year multiple-entry tourist visa system for all nationalities.

In a statement issued on Twitter on Monday,
Sheikh Mohammed said the visa, which will be introduced within the next four months, aims to establish the UAE as a "major global tourism destination.”

“The year 2020 will be different because it is the year of preparation for the next 50, the year in which we design the future of the Emirates," he added.