The Abu Dhabi City Municipality has conducted a campaign targeting ladies’ beauty parlours, children’s salons and health clubs to verify their compliance with the health standards and general conditions regarding the practising of this profession. The move was part of the municipality’s keenness to protect the health of community members, especially with the huge footfall experienced by these service facilities on the eve of Eid.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has launched a new travel advice campaign for UAE nationals planning to travel abroad, to ensure their safety and fulfil its role in facilitating their travel and stay abroad, coinciding with the Eid-al-Fitr holiday and the start of the country’s summer holidays. Rashid Ali Al Dhaheri, Director of the Nationals Administration at the Ministry, highlighted the importance of the campaign and pointed out that it could be regularly updated while noting that it is available to view on the ministry’s official website, http://www.mofa.gov.ae/.

New car sales in the UAE is expected to reach 267,000 by 2020, analysts say. Such growth is credited in part to the ability of the population to afford to buy their dream vehicle. Although for many, a car loan is still the smartest method to acquire new wheels. But before you apply for a loan and enjoy your brand new car, find out first if you are truly car loan eligible and consider these important factors.

Tourist arrivals in Abu Dhabi and Dubai grew 3.6 percent during Q1 2018 as compared with the same period in 2017, with hotel occupancy and room occupancy in both emirates rising 1.2 percent and 5.7 percent respectively over the same period in 2017, according to official statistics released by the tourism departments in both emirates. Hotel room returns rose 3.9 percent in Abu Dhabi and 4.8 percent in Dubai during the monitored period, with the CBUAE Quarterly Review indicating the growth posted by the tourism sector in Q1 has provided further momentum to the domestic economy. According to the figures, the number of tourists arriving in Dubai and Abu Dhabi during Q1 is up 1.8 percent and 11 percent respectively. Overall, the number of UAE-bound tourists grew 6.5 percent in 2017 over 2016.

Japan imported 26.944 million barrels of crude oil from the United Arab Emirates in April 2018, data released by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy in Tokyo showed. The agency, part of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, said that crude oil from the UAE accounted for 27.9% of Japan’s total crude imports of 96.607 million barrels. Saudi Arabia provided 38.933 million barrels, or 40.3% of the total. Meanwhile, oil from Kuwait came to 9.1%.