Dubai wears another successful hat, as it has been ranked among the world’s top 10 fastest growing cities for remote work.

According to an analysis put across by Nomad List, Dubai is the sixth fastest-growing remote working hub. The other cities that made it to the list of top 10 include Mexico City, Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, Medellin in Colombia, and Denver in the USA.

Earlier in March this year, the UAE announced visas for overseas remote working professionals who can reside in the UAE. The one-year visa enables professionals from all over the world to live and work remotely from the UAE even if their companies are not based in the UAE. The one-year visa allows foreigners to enter the UAE under self-sponsorship and work in line with the terms and conditions issued with the visa.

The company that tracks the movement of tens of thousands of digital nomads to spot the trending places to live and work remotely, showed that digital nomads’ check-in went up by 71 per cent in 2021 in Dubai and 53 per cent during 2016 to 2020. There are approximately 1,800 remote workers in Dubai now, it said.

Chad Astmann, global co-head of investment management at Korn Ferry, said in a note that encouraged by the rapid speed of vaccinations and the ability to once again be together without masks, a small but growing number of business leaders aren’t shying away from airing their true feelings about remote work—and it’s clear they’re sceptical of whether it produces the best results.

“Roughly 84 per cent of CEOs in a recent survey say they want employees back in the office this year, for instance. One CEO described people who want to work from home as less engaged than those who come to the office, while another leader labelled remote work as inferior to the office ‘for those who want to hustle,” Astmann added.