Tourism in Dubai
Aim:
The broad context of this project is based on the ' managing tourism'
part of my geography course. The aim of this project is to study the
reasons of the rapid growth of tourism in Dubai and the different ways
of identifying and classifying the different types of tourists that
visit Dubai.
Objective:
To create three different hypotheses related to tourism and tourists
in Dubai that can be tested using a range of primary and secondary
data collection techniques.
Hypothesis 1:
Most tourists come from Europe.
Hypothesis 2:
Most tourists come to Dubai for the weather and the beach.
Hypothesis 3:
Figure 1
The further the distance tourists come from, the longer they stay in
Dubai.
Justification of Hypothesis1: Most tourists come from Europe
In Dubai, most things are cheap as there are no taxes. However, all
countries in Europe have high taxes are very high so the low prices of
goods in the UAE attract a lot of European tourists. Figure 2 clearly
shows the difference of taxes in Europe and the U.A.E.
Average total % taxes in Europe
Total % taxes in the U.A.E
40.8%
0%
Figure 2
Tourists from Europe come to the Dubai when it is winter in their
country; they come to appreciate the warm weather on the beach. Since
the Euro currency started more Europeans come to Dubai as it is more
beneficial for them.
From figure 3 we can see that 38% of the tourists were European and
that is the largest category. However, this was in 2002 and I will see
if my hypothesis is correct for 2005.
Breakdown of foreign visitors to Dubai by nationality in 2002
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Figure 3
Justification of hypothesis 2: Most tourists come to Dubai for the
Beach and the weather
When it is winter in other countries, the tourists come to Dubai to
appreciate the good weather.