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Dubai Pearl (Arabic: لؤلؤة دبي) was a 73-storey, 300 m (984 ft), tall residential skyscraper project situated along Al Sufouh Road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The project was first announced in 2002. [1] Construction was on hold from 2006 to 2022. As per reports, demolition work is ongoing at the site as of January 23rd, 2023. [2]
After founding TASC Outsourcing in Dubai in November 2007, Shahdadpuri expanded the company to become one of the largest providers of contract, permanent, and remote professionals in the Middle East. The company now boasts over 5,500 employees from more than 78 different nationalities covering 76 job functions and serves over 450 businesses in ...
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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.
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]
The emergence of Dubai's lively real estate market was briefly checked by the global financial crisis of 2007–8, when Dubai was bailed out by Abu Dhabi. [31] The recovery from the overheated market led to tighter regulation and oversight and a more realistic market for real estate throughout the UAE with many 'on hold' projects restarting.
Palm Islands, aerial view 2010 map of developments, including Palm Jebal Ali, Palm Jumeirah, Palm Deira, The World, The Universe (not shown here), and Dubai Waterfront.. The Palm Islands consist of three artificial archipelagos: Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Islands (formerly known as Palm Deira or Deira Islands), and Palm Jebel Ali, [1] on the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Azerbaijan Airlines Boeing 707-300 parked at a remote stand at Dubai International Airport in 1995. On 29 October 2010, the airport marked its 50th anniversary. The airport has seen over 402 million passengers at an average annual growth rate of 15.5% and handled over 3.87 million aircraft at an average annual growth rate of 12.4%. [36]