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Old 09-03-2008, 09:35 AM  
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Originally Posted by SpicyM View Post
I doubt they are dependend on so called "tourism dollars" ..

Its just too small country with too much oil and a government that does a great way of image making.
The entire reason they are building all this stuff, is to build up the tourism dollars. The King of Dubai is one of the few middle eastern leaders that understands the oil will eventually run out.

He is trying to turn his country into the hot spot of the middle east to attract western tourism dollars. That's the reason behind all the crazy stuff they are building. He's using the oil dollars to hopefully build a future revenue for the country before the oil runs out.
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