YEAR	Arrivals				Departures
	by Air	by Land	by Sea	Total	by Air	by Land	by Sea	Total
1976	252,849	14,703	1,679	269,231	196,248	14,638	1,402	212,288
1977	257,154	30,139	796	288,089	251,900	31,434	739	284,073
1978	370,436	64,059	658	435,153	311,390	69,822	429	381,641
1979	398,193	85,348	1,316	484,857	390,013	98,900	1,048	489,961
1980	552,631	111,865	1,220	665,716	486,456	122,452	777	609,685
1981	743,663	133,819	2,067	879,549	844,939	139,963	1,694	986,596
1982	662,587	138,466	1,205	802,258	640,591	148,387	932	789,910
1983	463,583	144,692	1,847	610,122	472,451	160,759	1,580	634,790
1984	434,535	169,144	1,422	605,101	421,011	173,398	1,563	595,972
1985	393,887	140,515	2,287	536,689	394,530	132,237	2,092	528,859
1986	386,822	192,622	1,584	581,028	381,357	198,179	1,389	580,925
1987	438,312	229,518	47,481	715,311	430,419	238,505	46,761	715,685
1988	571,311	240,721	46,860	858,892	577,045	250,805	45,901	873,751
1989	550,974	256,974	49,193	857,141	566,506	266,365	48,896	881,767
1990	815,389	285,444	50,315	1,151,148	846,869	280,581	48,165	1,175,615
1991	928,648	320,393	53,948	1,302,989	913,924	344,994	52,536	1,311,454
1992	412,037	585,826	69,643	1,067,506	448,857	603,239	64,264	1,116,360
1993	473,582	482,420	140,069	1,096,071	451,800	514,719	72,123	1,038,642
1994	614,895	583,206	59,695	1,257,796	590,646	588,955	55,550	1,235,151
1995	1,374,880	331,239	3,797	1,709,916	1,370,838	300,999	3,570	1,675,407
1996	499,175	511,677	4,848	1,015,700	492,219	536,054	5,175	1,033,448
1997	393,149	648,085	5,389	1,046,623	374,165	643,305	4,929	1,022,399
1998	387,117	792,647	4,474	1,184,238	387,076	816,538	4,614	1,208,228
1999	413,948	1,039,328	27,004	1,480,280	322,198	1,061,880	26,242	1,410,320
2000	1,486,004	894,276	48,243	2,428,523	1,510,794	925,861	50,608	2,487,263
2001	1,443,635	1,129,569	44,132	2,617,336	1,487,336	1,234,606	44,249	2,766,191
2002	733,033	959,696	3,677	1,696,406	670,848	949,032	3,226	1,623,106
2003	889,502	1,075,794	47,366	2,012,662	804,599	1,066,843	44,537	1,915,979
2004	1,194,264	1,144,036	42,847	2,381,147	1,116,185	1,135,185	55,335	2,306,705
2005	1,356,562	1,355,186	40,686	2,752,434	1,303,580	1,372,825	40,837	2,717,242
2006	1,420,920	1,417,352	5,513	2,843,785	1,336,720	1,426,947	8,142	2,771,809
2007	1,951,203	2,099,568	11,471	4,062,242	1,829,995	2,083,122	19,956	3,933,073
2008	2,249,163	2,135,340	18,870	4,403,373	1,982,919	2,114,874	26,322	4,124,115
2009	2,419,605	2,334,638	16,478	4,770,721	2,338,482	2,290,051	15,442	4,643,975
2010	2,714,818	2,574,827	29,198	5,318,843	2,651,254	2,588,913	27,467	5,267,634

Source: Ministry of Interior

1. Characteristics of data, definitions

2. Institution which provides data

Statistics centre of Abu Dhabi (SCAD), Abu Dhabi

3. Data availability

The SCAD provides thematic volumes with time series for various indicators related to development (population, demography, labour, etc.) since 1960. The present series has been published in December 2012.
Data is available under various formats (PDF, Excel, html).
http://www.scad.ae/en/statistics/Pages/Statistics.aspx?ThemeID=7&TopicID=48&SubTopicID=163&PublicationID=315

Date of access: January 2015.

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