Dubai
is just not the home to people in arab! it holds millions from literally every
country calling Dubai now their own home. Dubai's national financial and business
industry raised their profits by 55.6% from 2010 onwards with only Shanghai (114.3%) outperforming Dubai. Over this period, Dubai has seen itself become a recognized global financial center; with
The
Dubai International Financial Centre recently ranked among the top 10 global
financial centers in The Banker’s International Financial Centre rankings.
Dubai
does not hold these remarkable accomplishments are underpinned by a zero tax
environment/ low rate of tax for financial and oil companies. Dubai has one of
the faster new company registration environments it usually takes just eight days to register an offshore company and get
going where as it's marginally longer
than the United States (six days) and the UK (five days), although it is four
times more than Hong Kong’s figure. Finally, the UAE's popularity is just not the comfort of doing business ranking, which has moved up from 26th to 21st out of
190 countries over the last year. Continuing developments in improving business
legislation and a maturing market mean that this score is likely to continue
to improve.
The Hotel
Sector is booming
In
the hotel and cordiality sector, the total number of hotel room keys per person
is suggestively higher at 29.9 per 1,000 people in Dubai, compared to our
selected hub cities.
This
gap between Dubai and these cities also shows the population difference. It
does however highlight the number of keys that have been delivered over the
last two years, at which point the figure was recorded at 27.9 and when Dubai
had 200,000 fewer people. The surge in the number of keys delivered has
primarily been driven by increasing demand, from both new and existing source
markets. Dubai International Airport, the world’s largest airport by
international traffic, recorded 83.7 million passengers in 2016, up 26% from
2014.
Smart
tourism and its emergence is directly related to the smart city concept.
Sustainability
is
at the crux of the growth of smart tourism and more destinations are now
prioritizing it as a strategic objective in the tourism planning process. A
greater emphasis is placed on planning and implementation of sustainable
measures through smart solutions involving various entities including
government, educational institutions, and other such stakeholders that encompass
private- and public-sector institutions. Such initiatives have impacted
infrastructure development both from broader (across various sectors) and
narrower perspectives, the latter being specifically related to tourism.
This
may be seen in the case of specific developmental projects encompassing smart
airports, smart hotels, and smart transportation, which include airways,
waterways, and surface transportation systems. Despite that, the emergence of
smart cities globally has had an influence on the tourism sector. A key
ingredient that makes destinations smart is the use of technology. ICT has made
a difference in this regard which provides users seamless solutions and
integrated access with a focus on improving tourist experiences; increasing
efficiency; and improving process automation [14,18], all of which are integral to
sustainable tourism destinations. The overall objective of smart tourism is to
provide an interface between the visitor and the destination for a responsive
orientation toward solving specific needs. A smart tourism destination is
characterized by a high level of innovation and facilitation using higher-order
technology and interfaces [14,18]. In particular, such destinations use
“advanced technologies and open, multipolar,
integrated and shared processes” to improve the quality
of life of residents and tourists Optimization of resources is integral to the functioning of
systems in smart tourism destinations which connects such a concept to
sustainability. Enterprise Mobile Software Solutions in UAE
Property
areas of UAE
Finally,
in Dubai's booming residential market, Dubai’s market has experienced a
slowdown since 2015 with prime prices falling by 3.8% in the year to Q3 2017,
among our selected cities only London (-4.6%) has seen greater price falls. We
are seeing prices beginning to moderate is some prime areas, however, across
submarkets where significant levels of supply are forecast
to
be delivered we are likely to see an increasingly fragmented market develop in
terms of price performance. Despite this Dubai has remained attractive to
investors and occupiers alike, in the 18 months to June 2017, 217 nationalities
purchased real estate in Dubai.
Overall,
Dubai’s status as a global hub will only continue to strengthen given its
extensive connectivity, strong economic prospects,
low
tax system and safe haven status all underpinned by world class amenities and
infrastructure.