Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi Launches Event Ticketing System - Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi

Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi Launches Event Ticketing System

10 Apr, 2018

: The Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has launched an online Event Ticketing System, part of its Event Licensing System. This new system aims to streamline and facilitate event registration and licensing procedures, in addition to establishing a database for tracking tourism performance, growth trends and types of events, collating event information - including segments, speakers and activities - and providing indicators of rates of success and achievement of objectives.

DCT held a series of specialised workshops for those interested in using the Event Ticketing System, including hotel establishments, event organisers, shopping centres and hall owners.

The Event Ticketing System is aimed at organize event-ticketing processes electronically. The Ticketing System includes events where tickets are sold after obtaining the initial approval from the system, in addition to providing an additional database for ticketed events.
Nasser Al Reyami, Regulatory and Licensing Department Director at DCT Abu Dhabi, said: “This system is a new starting point for the Event Licensing System, which is managed by DCT Abu Dhabi with the aim of providing solutions and infrastructure to support its activities and maintaining the steady growth of the Emirate's tourism sector.

“This step reflects our commitment to adopting an e-services system, consolidating Abu Dhabi's leadership as a sustainable tourism destination and a global economic hub. The Ticketing System offers a wide range of additional features, such as an online ticketing service that produces, promotes and distributes tickets after events are approved.”

In March 2017, DCT Abu Dhabi launched a unified system for licensing all events held in Abu Dhabi, providing an integrated online platform that delivers efficient methods to record and license all events held in the Emirate.
Instead of obtaining the necessary approvals from each of the 22 relevant entities separately, event organisers can access the online platform, submit an application for obtaining an event license along with the the required documents, and obtain the approvals within a maximum of 3 to 7 days, depending on the event type.

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