UAE: If you are also going to spend holidays in UAE for the first time, then this news is useful for you. Before reaching Abu Dhabi or Dubai, make sure that you have a minimum of Rs 60,000 in your bank account or credit card and you have a return ticket. If not, you may have to return to India from the UAE airport itself. Because the UAE has now tightened the rules to prevent misuse of tourist visa. Passengers are being thoroughly checked at the airport. Many passengers who did not fulfill both these conditions have also been sent back to India from Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports.
A report quoting sources said that passengers coming to UAE for the first time by flights from Tamil Nadu and Kerala airports are being thoroughly checked. Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports are now very tight. Along with this, many passengers who did not fulfill both these conditions have been sent back to India from the airport itself. Currently, the number of people traveling to the Middle East has increased significantly. Due to which the fare has also increased.
On the other hand, airlines have also stepped up the screening of passengers between 20 and 35 years of age traveling alone on tourist visas to prevent them from being deported. If a country deports a passenger, it is the responsibility of the airline carrying him to bring him back to his country of origin. This is why check-in is taking longer at airports in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Travel and tour operators have also started making tourists aware of the restrictions imposed by the UAE immigration and advised them to travel only after fulfilling all the terms and conditions. Basheen Ahmed of Chennai Metro Travels said that the UAE has started the action because some people are going to work in the UAE under the guise of tourist visa. Some people cancel their return tickets and stay in the UAE. Genuine tourists, family and group travelers have no problem.