Introduction
UAE is among the world’s top 10 most visited countries, with over 20 million tourists annually with Dubai contributing about 62% of the total number of tourists.
In the recent past, the oil rich state has been a bit strict with it’s visa issuance having introduced new guidelines and directives.
With that said, UAE offers tourist visas on arrival to more than 80 countries.
Related: Dubai Transit Visa
In the list, here is a breakdown of the number of countries per continent:
- Europe: 45 countries
- Asia: 1 countries
- North America: 9 countries
- South America: 7 countries
- Oceania: 6 countries
- Africa: 2 countries
Let’s have a look at the countries that UAE offers visa on arrival:
- Albania
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Herzegovina
- Honduras
- Hong Kong (SAR of China)
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Malta
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Nauru
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Paraguay
- People’s Republic of China
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of El Salvador
- Republic of Kosovo
- Republic of Mauritius
- Romania
- Russian
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- The Vatican
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
If you cannot see your country on the list, then it means you need a pre approved visa to visit the UAE.