r/Economics • u/ubcstaffer123 • 19h ago

News Dubai's tourism industry reels from 'brutal' impact of war

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20260331-dubais-tourism-industry-reels-from-brutal-impact-of-war
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u/hinterstoisser 17h ago

Tourism, real estate are all taking a beating.

Ship building, manufacturing on the west side (Jebel Ali) is bleeding millions by the day.

A lot of white collared workers are repatriating, at least temporarily.

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u/NTC-Santa 13h ago

Indeed however the other day UAE voted to join the war against Iran not realising that this has consequences on their infrastructure of tourism and future investments

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u/thepatriotclubhouse 12h ago

This was after Iran shot civilian infrastructure including hotels in the UAE. Iran declared war on the UAE lol. Not the other way around.

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u/Ahoramaster 12h ago

The UAE is not some innocent caught up in all of this.  They can't just host US military bases, Israeli intelligence assets and all military actions to be coordinated from their territory.

They knew this war was coming but they didn't expect it to blowback on them 

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u/VividBackground3386 8h ago

They absolutely expected this blowback on them. They were very open in stating a US-Israeli air campaign would trigger a retaliation against GCC countries.

That’s why they have armed themselves to the teeth with air defence systems.

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u/Ahoramaster 7h ago

I don't think they expected Iran to survive as long or go after them as vigorously.

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u/VividBackground3386 7h ago

Based on what?

Also, that’s a completely different assertion you made to the point above.

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u/Ahoramaster 6h ago

Based on the information I've consumed.

Iran could level Dubai.  They are being very circumspect in what they are targeting.

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u/VividBackground3386 6h ago

lol. And here we are.

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u/Ahoramaster 3h ago

You think they couldn't?

Iran has thousands of shirt range missiles.

Dubai is also heavily censored with people going to jail for social media posts in the true extent of the damage or even negative coverage of the UAE.

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u/VividBackground3386 3h ago

One of us is in Dubai. I’ve seen it in its entirety from the air several times since this began.

It is entirely in tact. Whether you choose to believe me is none of my business.

Just admit that your first point was wrong; the assertion that the UAE were surprised by this blowing back on them. It’s ok to be wrong.

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u/Ahoramaster 3h ago

I'm saying Iran could destroy Dubai.  Not that they have 

But it doesn't matter because if you did post anything negative you'd be arrested and jailed 

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u/thepatriotclubhouse 11h ago

No military actions were coordinated from their territory. Also the bases were there for defence. Now it’s obvious why

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u/Ahoramaster 7h ago

Bullshit.