Dubai: Roads officials are rolling back the fees to take marine transit.
The Roads and Transport Authority said on Sunday that it is reducing marine transit fees by five per cent.
The reductions will apply on RTA’s water buses, water taxis, Dubai Ferry and electric abras and are being offered until the end of the year.
Officials said the discount is aimed at making water travel more enjoyable for all community members, especially frequent users who are residents, tourists and visitors.
“RTA is offering this discount to marine transport users to make them happier and boost their satisfaction rating with the services provided, besides luring fresh potential riders from residents, tourists and visitors to use marine transit modes,” said Osama Mesbah Salama, Acting Director of Marine Transport, Public Transport Agency. “The said discount will also apply to seniors only riding scheduled trips of Dubai Ferry upon presentation of national identity cards.
“The Agency would also offer a five per cent discount for riders who buy return tickets (two-way tickets) for transiting aboard Dubai Ferry between Al Ghubaiba and Marina, where three scheduled trips are operating on this line to ferry riders between the two stations. So, to avail this discount, a return ticket has to be purchased,” Salama added.
“This offer will run until the end of December 2015,” added Salama.
Public marine travel is proving popular so far this year, said the RTA.
The RTA said that marine transit recorded in the first half of this year 7.5 million riders of which 7.2 million riders used abras, 249,911 riders used the water bus, 56,568 used Dubai Ferry, and 14,541 used the water taxi.
