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The Dubai Miracle Garden won Guinness World Record for the largest vertical garden in 2013. The Dubai Fountain: is the largest choreographed fountain system in the world set on the 30 acres (12 ha) human-made Burj Khalifa Lake; Al Fahidi Fort and Dubai Museum: the main museum in Dubai is located in the Al Fahidi Fort, built in 1787.
Tourism in Dubai is a major part of the economy of Dubai. Dubai was the third most visited city in the world in 2023 with 17 million international visitors according to Euromonitor International . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Dubai hosts more than 800 hotels with more than 150,000 rooms.
Arabian Travel Market, known as ATM, is a travel and tourism event, organized annually in Dubai to provide a platform for inbound and outbound tourism professionals in the Middle East and gives information on tourism destinations, accommodation options, tourism attractions and aviation industry [1] in the Middle East and around the world.
The Dubai Fountain is the world's largest choreographed fountain system set on the 30-acre manmade Burj Khalifa Lake, at the center of the Downtown Dubai development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was designed by WET Design , the California -based company responsible for the fountains at the Bellagio Hotel Lake in Las Vegas .
Sheikh Rashid, together with Sheikh Zayed, was the instrumental leaders of leading the country's tourism, having made a joint declaration for the founding of the Emirates. [9] In 1989 the Dubai Commerce and Tourism Promotion Board was established, to promote Dubai as a luxury destination for the up-tier market and influential business sectors.
In 1887, Walter T. Brownell established Brownell Travel, the first travel agency in the United States, and led 10 travelers on a European tour setting sail from New York on the SS Devonia. [37] In 1895, Baldwins Travel was founded by Alfred K Baldwin, originally a printer, bookbinder and publisher in Tunbridge Wells.
Tourist attractions in Dubai (8 C, 31 P) Pages in category "Tourism in Dubai" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Tourism is a major economic source of income in Dubai and part of the Dubai government's strategy to maintain the flow of foreign cash into the emirates. [19] The tourism sector contributed in 2017 about $41 billion to the GDP, making up 4.6% of the GDP, and provided some 570,000 jobs, accounting for 4.8% of total employment. [20]