Hyderabad, Feb. 2 -- Dubai's travel industry is gearing up for a significant surge in last-minute flight and hotel bookings ahead of the highly anticipated India-Pakistan ICC Champions Trophy 2025 scheduled on February 23 in Dubai International Stadium.

Anticipated surge in bookings and airfares

Travel industry analysts predicted that cricket enthusiast countries such as India, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Saudi Arabia will make more travel plans.

According to industry experts fans from cricket countries will plan their trips more frequently during the tournament which will boost airline prices by 20 per cent to 50 per cent and make last-minute fares potentially double.

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