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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]
Developer Expected completion Costs Area Description 1 Dubai Marina: Emaar: Complete: 1.56 km 2 (0.60 sq mi) World's largest man-made marina, with 200 residential and hotel high rises 2 Nakheel Properties: Complete: 1.8 km 2 (0.69 sq mi) Comprises 79 high-rises, mostly residential skyscrapers 3 Business Bay: Dubai Properties Group: Complete
Dubai has an area of 3,885 square kilometres (1,500 square miles), which is equivalent to 5% of the country's total area, excluding the islands. The Emirate of Sharjah extends along approximately 16 km (10 mi) of the UAE's Persian Gulf coastline and for more than 80 km (50 mi) into the interior.
To the west is the Jebel Ali Industrial Area, across the E311 road, and to the southwest is the Jebel Ali Free Zone Extension. The development includes the Lagoons, under development by Schön Properties since 2005; Schön's assets were seized by the Dubai Real Estate Regulatory Agency in August 2018 over the company's failure to complete the ...
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Industrial Area Area (hectares) Remarks 1 Ras Al Khor Industrial Area: 661 hectares 2 Al Quoz Industrial area: 1,838 hectares 3 Al Safa area: 20 hectares Only for consumer food and production stuff. 4 Al Khubaisi Area 102 hectares 5 Um Ramool Industrial Area 391 hectares 6 Al Qusais Industrial Area: 545 hectares 7 Jebel Ali Industrial Area: 84 ...
Dubai [a] is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populous of the country's seven emirates. [5] [6] [7] As of 2024, the city has a population of around 3.79 million, [8] more than 90% of which are expatriates.
Human Development Index (HDI) Region World 2022 data (2024 report) Change in HDI value 2023-2024 [3] Very high human development 1 67 Seychelles: 0.802 0.007 High human development 2 72 Mauritius: 0.796 0.006 3 92 Libya: 0.746 4 93 Algeria: 0.745 0.005 5 101 Tunisia: 0.732 0.003 6 105 Egypt: 0.728 0.002 7 110 South Africa: 0.717 0.004 8 114