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The second boom, made in Dubai

Expo effects: More midscale and budget, even more events and cities

15.5.2014

Dubai. In the Middle East, it's all about tomorrow. Yesterday has already been forgotten and everything and everybody strives towards new tourism records. In the very centre of the boom: Dubai. Six years after the Lehman bankruptcy, which overnight took the heat from the superlatives in the Middle East, the fever is back and it's hotter than ever. The shopping malls are full, the construction cranes again stretch out towards the sky, taxi queues are longer than ever and between the new city districts whole new four and six-lane roads have been built whilst on grass verges between the traffic, construction workers relax in the sun. It's just like in 2007 and early 2008. Hoteliers are also getting a little hot under the collar: How are they to escape the government-imposed growth programme? Sheikh Mohammed bin Raschid al Maktoum is currently pumping billions into the market. The decision to award Dubai Expo 2020 has also given the city a new boost. Dubai in May 2014 and three new hotels.

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