DUBAI Tourism is firmly
focused on the rapidly
growing cruise sector, with
its already huge terminal
facilities undergoing
significant expansion.
Currently Dubai is able to
handle five large ships and
more than 9000 passengers
a day, but has two more
terminals under
development.
“We want to become the
Miami of the Middle East,”
according to Hamad Bin Mejren from the
Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce
Marketing, who spoke to CW in Dubai
yesterday at Arabian Travel Market.
The vision is that Dubai will be the cruise hub
of the region, ...
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