Virtual Reality Experience of the Maldives Initiated at City Center Deira Mall in Dubai


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PUBLISHED May 11, 2022 | updated May 11, 2022 02:59

Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation and Musafir.com have kicked off an exciting marketing campaign during which visitors to City Center Deira Mall, Dubai, get to experience the Maldives through virtual reality (VR). The campaign activities will be held from 10 - 16 May.

Under this campaign, a VR booth will be set up at a designated location of the City Center Deira Mall, where visitors can have a VR experience of the Maldives. The beautiful sights of the destination will be showcased through this campaign, aiming to inspire more people from Dubai and the Middle East to visit the Maldives. Furthermore, during this campaign, 2 targeted social media posts and a contest post will be uploaded on Musafir.com’s Facebook and Instagram accounts. Stories related to the Maldives will be shared on both platforms every day of the campaign and emails with information or advertisements of the destination will also be circulated to the Musafir.com database, exceeding 300 thousand members.  

Founded in 2007, Musafir.com is UAE’s first premium-experience online travel website and it runs a network of 9 branches in UAE under the brand, having served over a million travelers since its inception. It is the leading cross-sector online travel agency in UAE working with businesses, travelers and corporate clients. City Center Deira Mall which opened in 1995 is one of the flagship malls in Dubai. It ranks as one of the most successful malls in the world with over 22 million visitors recorded annually. The campaign is expected to increase visibility for the Maldives through interactions with visitors from Dubai and beyond during this campaign between MMPRC and Musafir.com.

This campaign with Musafir.com is held as part of our marketing strategy for the Middle East, which targets to maintain Maldives’ brand visibility and establish Maldives as a top of the mind destination for countries in this market. The strategy is also based on promoting the uniqueness of the Maldives as the world’s leading destination and market our products including resorts, guesthouses, hotels and liveaboards as well as our unique experiences.  

Last year, Maldives welcomed 91,413 tourists to the country from the Middle Eastern market with Saudi Arabia ranked as the top 7th market to Maldives. From January to March this year the country has recorded 21,117 arrivals from the Middle East market. MMPRC has planned several activities targeting the Middle East market under the effort to maintain destination visibility. This includes joint-marketing campaigns, webinars, participation in major fairs and exhibitions, roadshows, and hosting familiarization trips.

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