Emirates .. a global capital of digital travelers in the economy of the future
Abu Dhabi, July 5 / WAM / The United Arab Emirates has established its position as a pioneering force and a pivotal player in the economy of digital travel, bypassing the traditional concept of work to become the second best destination in the world for the 2025 digital traveler.
This qualitative achievement, which witnessed a jump from the fourth rank globally in 2023, according to the “Visaguide Digital Nomad Visa” index, was not coming from a vacuum, but rather the product of a forward -looking vision that goes beyond the direct economic dimension, and invests in humans and digital infrastructure as assets for the future.
The “IMMIGRANT Invest” platform confirms this superiority, as the UAE was ranked second in the world after Spain, ahead of countries such as Montenegro, Bahamas and Hungary, based on strict criteria that include the quality of the Internet, tax policies, living costs, health care, and inexhaustible security and stability.
This new reality, in which remote work, has shifted from imagination to a huge global economic power, estimated at $ 800 billion annually, governments around the world to enter a feverish race to attract this category of talents.
In this context, the digital traveler, Muhammad Sheikh Al -Lad, the founder of the platform and society of “Arab Digital travelers”, stressed that the UAE was not satisfied with participating in this race, but rather topped it in the region, as it presented a unique model in attracting creative minds; He said: I visited the UAE several times and stayed in the Emirate of Sharjah and personally noticed the very advanced digital infrastructure, the spread of high -quality internet networks, and the provision of common work spaces, and the diverse community of cultures.
The Sheikh of the Earth added that the UAE is very attractive, especially for the digital travelers, entrepreneurs, owners of technical projects and startups, looking for legal and civil stability, security, safety and quality of life, pointing to the brilliance of the cities of the Emirates overwhelmingly on the global map, where Abu Dhabi and Dubai have established their place as two sides that cannot be ignored.
“On the map of the world travelers, Dubai can be classified as a global digital business center and it is the only one that competes with European and Asian cities such as Bangkok, Barcelona, or Cape Town,” he said, stressing that this superiority comes supported by specialized programs such as “the virtual work program in Abu Dhabi” and “remote work visa in Dubai”, which was launched with the aim of attracting this qualitative segment of workers, which is confirmed by international reports Where Dubai is on top of the best environment for remote work, and Abu Dhabi comes in fourth place in the world, according to the report of “Remotework360”.
The UAE realized early, according to the Sheikh of the Earth, that attracting digital talents represents a lifeline for the economy of the future based on artificial intelligence and data. Since March 2021, the state has provided a special visa for digital journey that allows them to reside for a year renewable, in a pre -emptive step that made it one of the first countries to prepare the ideal conditions for this category.
These efforts come in response to an unprecedented global trend; What started as a calm revolution, fed by computer and the Internet technology, turned into a huge global phenomenon due to the Koruna’s pandemic, which forced millions to discover the flexibility of work from anywhere; Today, digital deportation is no longer a marginal phenomenon, but rather an integrated lifestyle experienced by nearly 40 million people around the world, and if this global movement is a state, it is ranked 41 in terms of population.
Looking at the future, the horizons seem brighter, as expectations indicate that a billion people may live and work as digital journey by 2035, thus forming a third of the global workforce, as this tremendous transformation, paid in the fifth generation networks, the Internet of Things and the increasing demand for flexible and hybrid work models, the UAE is in an ideal location to become the first global center to work remotely.
To achieve this sustainable leadership, Muhammad, the Sheikh of the Earth, advised at the end of his speech the necessity of strengthening communication between the official authorities and the real travelers community of Arabs and foreigners, and supporting the lower cost living options, and highlighting the country’s natural and cultural face to attract broader categories of these global talents.
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