Dubai has got to develop and fast - faster even than before, although for some people this is difficult to believe. There are two ways of accommodating the expected influx. Firstly, by building bigger and better facilities and infrastructure within Dubai itself. Secondly, perhaps surprisingly, by urging visitors to travel outside the emirate. To this end, Dubai is developing a new niche as a base for tours of the entire UAE, particularly popular with German tourists.
Visitors fly to Dubai and spend a few days in the emirate in the traditional way.
But then they spend two or three days in Fujairah, Hatta, Ras Al Khaimah, Al Ain or Abu Dhabi. Indeed, Emirates is investing heavily in a new hotel development in Fujairah, as part of the strategic development of tourism on the East Coast. Dubai and Oman are very different, so it makes a good fit. We are not just about Dubai. We have a national and a regional focus - we have always believed this.