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Dubai Municipality’s special website for online trading of used cars is attracting a large number of visitors from worldwide including those from US, Europe, Arab countries and the Gulf.
According to figures released by the Markets Department which runs the Dh200 million Used Cars Complex at Ras Al Khor, the site, www.usedcars.ae received nearly 300,000 serious visitors over five months since the site was launched in April this year.
Mohammed AbdulKarim Julfar, assistant director general of the Municipality for Financial Affairs and Properties, said the visitors included 88,572 from Saudi Arabia, 77,160 from the UAE, 66,735 from the US, 16,716 from Zimbabwe, and 8,943 from Egypt.
He noted that city-wise statistics showed that most people visited the site from Riyadh with a total of 85,049 visitors while Tehran had a total of 3,012 visitors. Dubai’s used car market already enjoys a wide customer base from both the cities.
As for the US, the largest number of people who visited the website was from California with a total of 16,850, followed by Virgina (16,414), Texas (14,761), and Washington (4042).
Julfar said the municipality has always endeavoured to enhance its e-services and this website represents another milestone in the already-popular online services of the civic body.
