The Success Of Dubai 's Tourism Model

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This ties in with some recent reports that Kazakhstan has one of the fastest growing economies in the world (Robinson, 2015). Hugely because of the oil reserves found in the country, Kazakhstan has benefited from averaging 8% growth rates since 2000 for their GDP and has given significant rise to the per capita income (International Monetary Fund, 2013, p. 3). These large oil reserves have given many countries great interest in the country and continue to provide money to this region to help ensure their own interests are secure in regards to providing oil for their own

Over the last 60 years, tourism has benefited from continuous growth and diversification, becoming one of the largest as well as the fastest growing world’s economic sectors. Tourism becomes one of the major categories of global trade in services. Nowadays, 7% of global goods and services exports are contributed by international tourism, and for the last four years, it has grown faster than the general global trade.[ Exports from international tourism rise 4% in 2015, (2016, May 6). Retrieved from http://media.unwto.org/press-release/2016-05-03/exports-international-tourism-rise-4-2015]

Tourism plays a vital role in economic development in most countries around the world. The industry has not only direct economic impact, but also significant indirect and influential impacts. There is agreement among experts that the travel and tourism sector is the fastest growing of global economy. According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourism receipts surpass US$ 1 trillion in 2011, growing about 3.8%up from 2010 (WTO, 2012).

The United Arab Emirates is a location that offers many tourist attractions and opportunities for a great experience. One city comes to mind when thinking about the United Arab Emirates, Dubai. The discovery of oil in this emirate allowed for massive infrastructure projects and transportation improvements to attract foreign investors and visitors. This report examines how the city of Dubai has changed by developing tourism.

History: pilgrimages, the grand tours, post industrial revolution, post war, current; factors facilitating growth eg technology, time, money, freedom of movement, infrastructure, social conditions; possible future developments eg sustainability Travel and tourism sector: travel services; tourism services; conferences and events; visitor attractions; accommodation services; passenger transport; relationships and links, levels of integration; Liepers tourist system, chain of distribution; private, public and voluntary sectors

Private capital investments have slowed, Russia’s market environment is weakened by the presence of a continued state-run model, and a significant lever within the Russian economy remains oil (Kudrin & Gurvich, 2015, p.54). In 2015, Russia was a key exporter of oil to both Europe and Asia, and nearly 50% of the country’s revenue comes from oil and gas. That type of dependence, when oil prices decline can have a massive negative effect on the economy of a nation (Andrianova & Khrennikova, 2016).

United Arab Emirates continues to develop its interest with missile defense while oil has been the focal point in UAE’s economy and continues to contribute tremendously to economic prosperity. A determined and far-seeing policy of economic diversification has fortified the result of non-oil sectors now account or 69 per cent of funds contributing to the economy with oil supplying the remaining third (“UAEinteract,” 2016). Trade has also played a significant role in the economic life for many centuries. Economic growth has steadily gone up due to a short-lived

Given the important role that the Middle East plays in the World Economy, there is no doubt that the collective economy thereof is very diverse (Paczynka 5). This is brought about by the important role that oil has played in the various economies in the Middle East. Essentially, oil was also considered as one of the main factors behind the impressive development of various countries in the region. Unfortunately, while there are several countries in the Middle East that have developed drastically over years, there is also no question that there are countries that remain to be negatively affected by severe poverty (Paczynka 5).

Tourism is often synonymous to traveling for pleasure and education. It is also a business of attracting tourists and providing for their accommodation and entertainment. In many countries, tourism is an industry for earning Inland Revenue and foreign exchange. The many businesses that grow concomitantly with development of tourism include airlines, shipping, hotels and restaurants, finance companies, tour operators, travel agents, car rental firms, caterers and retail establishments and together,

Tourism is one of the most exciting and progressive industries in the world. Tourism today is a leisure activity of the masses. People travel to international destinations to break the regular monotony of life. They are mainly attracted by either the scenic beauty of its nature or by fascinating leisure, sports and adventure activities offered by the destination. However, every destination has some internal strengths and weaknesses that either enhance its capacity to attract foreign visitors or diminish it. Similarly the external environment can create various opportunities or exposed to threats as well.

This report will briefly raise awareness of what the Arab Spring therefore to be able to have a much better understanding on how it affected tourism and still has a big effect. A country’s tourism can also be affected by neighbor countries contemporary issues, so it is essential to be aware of what

The tourism Industry is considered as one of the fastest developing sectors for the economy worldwide. One of the main reasons of this is the growing numbers of tourist visitation. Tourist undertakes tour in a place outside their usual environment. It is generally said that tourism as a development based industry; it has to protect and support the tourist that is visiting any particular destination. Tourist usually visits in a place with good impressions. One of the factors to influence their impressions is their assurance regarding the safety and security of the place.

The Travel and Tourism industry is still one of the largest single businesses in world commerce and its importance is widely recognized. The tourism industry is now one of the largest sectors earning foreign exchange. In the face of many benefits, many countries have started assigning due weight age to the tourism industry in their national development agenda. Tourism is an industry that operates on a massively broad scale: it embraces activities ranging from the smallest sea-side hotel; to air-lines, multi-national hotel chains and major international tour operators. Originally, non-traditional industries such as tourism emerged as a solution to strike a balance between ecology and industry

The UAE is one of the riches nations in the world as measure by per capita GNP. The economy is primarily based on the oil