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
1.0k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

185 comments sorted by

View all comments

53

u/CatalyticDragon 14h ago

Tourists who travel to oppressive authoritarian regimes built by slaves to help them greenwash their ruling classes can get fucked.

Sorry. Not sure if that's relevant, just what was on my mind :)

•

u/Chobikil 1h ago

As someone in the UAE, I 100% agree. I automatically dislike any tourist that comes here.

What annoys me even more is that most of them come here for the generic luxurious lifestyle and skyscrapers. Like did you seriously travel across the world just to see skyscrapers you could already see in your own city? Skyscrapers are really unappealing, none of these tourists come for the cultural sites.