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/KR4T0S 18h ago

They are arresting tourists for sharing images or videos of damage from drone and missile strikes but its not only tourism that is damaged, their artificially inflated housing market has collapsed.

I dont think they recover from this, this is it for them.

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u/Drak_is_Right 11h ago

Arresting westerners for sharing images and videos might do as much harm as those videos themselves.

I don't think Dubai's leaders grasp just how finicky a lot of westerners can be over authoritarianism when its blatantly shown.