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DUBAITHECITY
ECONOMIC DIVERSITY

28.9% 9.4%
OTHER MANUFACTURING

11.8% 6.8%
FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE DUBAI GDP CONSTRUCTION
ACTIVITIES
CONTRIBUTION
6.3% 2020
24.7%
REAL ESTATE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE

9.7% 2.4%
STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION ACCOMMODATION AND
FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES
OPPORTUNITIES | TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY

DUBAI VISITOR
GROWTH
16.73 M

7.28 M
5.51 M
3.97 M

2019 2020 2021 Q1 2022

SOURCE: DTCM
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DUBAI ADVANTAGE | LOCATION

DUBAI OCCUPIES A UNIQUE LOCATION IN THE WORLD

2.4
BILLION CONSUMERS
DIRECT MARKET IN MIDDLE
EAST, INDIAN SUB CONTINENT
AND EAST AFRICA
OPPORTUNITIES | AVIATION AND CONNECTIVITY

519,555 +141 +8,000

AIRLINES DIRECTLY
CARGO THROUGH DXB TO WEEKLY FLIGHTS
CONNECTING DUBAI
in Q1 2022 THROUGH DUBAI
TO +265 DESTINATIONS
AIRPORTS

Source: Dubai Airports

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EXPO 2020 DUBAI

EXPO 2020 DUBAI

01 OCTOBER 2021
THROUGH 31 MARCH 2022

FIRST TIME THEME

WORLD EXPO TO BE HOSTED IN ‘CONNECTING MINDS
MEASA REGION CREATING THE FUTURE’

24.1M SUB-THEMES
VISITS TO THE EVENT MOBILITY SUSTAINABILITY
OPPORTUNITY
OPPORTUNITIES | AVIATION AND CONNECTIVITY

NUMBER OF PASSENGERS
THROUGH DXB

29.1M 13.6 M
IN 2021 IN Q1 2022,
A YoY GROWTH COMPARED TO
OF 12.7% 5.7M IN Q1 2021

Source: Dubai Ai rports, Dubai Statistics Center

INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE
DUBAI’S INFRASTRUCTURE IS NEW,
MODERN AND GROWING ALL THETIME
Dh100 BN
DUBAI HAS INVESTED DHS 100BN
ON ROADS AND TRANSPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE
90 KM
LONGEST DRIVERLESS METRO IN
THE WORLD, WITH 421KM
PLANNED FOR 2030
346M
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
PASSENGERS IN 2020
1st
IN MENA ON THE ECONOMICS
METRIC IN INFRASTRUCTURE
ACCORDING TO KEARNEY’S 2020
GLOBAL CITIES INDEX
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES

IN DUBAI

461M
RIDERS USED PUBLIC, SHARED TRANSPORT
AND TAXIS IN 2021 , COMPARED TO 346M
RIDERS IN 2020

156.6M 177.6M 116.3M

METRO & TRAM PASSENGERS (DUBAI PUBLIC BUS
PASSENGERS TAXI, HALA TAXI, AND PASSENGERS
IN 2021 FRANCHISE TAXI IN 2021 IN 2021

Source: RTA & Dubai Statistics Center

SMART CITY
FORWARD | SMART GOVERNMENT

TO MAKE DUBAI
THE HAPPIEST CITY ON
EARTH

OVER 130 100%

OF GOVERNMENT
INITIATIVES LAUNCHED
TRANSACTIONS IN DUBAI
BY SMART DUBAI SINCE ARE DIGITIZED
ITS INCEPTION

Source: Smart Dubai

 FORWARD | SMART GOVERNMENT

DUBAI
BLOCKCHAIN STRATEGY

ELIMINATES THE WORLD’S FIRST-EVER STRATEGY GOAL

100 MILLION ANNUAL PAPER GOVERNMENT TO EXECUTE ALL DUBAI WILL BE THE FIRST
TRANSACTIONS APPLICABLE TRANSACTIONS USING BLOCKCHAIN POWERED
SAVING $1.5 BILLION BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY IN GOVERNMENT
ANNUALLY IN DOCUMENT 2020 DRIVING THE FUTURE
PROCESSING ALONE ECONOMY
s OPPORTUNITIES | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

2.1M $4.8BN
FIXED LINES IN ICT IN TECHNOLOGY IOT
INFRASTRUCTURE (INTERNET OF
IN MARCH 2021 THINGS) CONTRIBUTE TO
DUBAI’S ECONOMY IN 2020 OPEN
17 M
DATALAW
ENACTED IN 2015 TO IMPROVE
ACTIVE MOBILE SUBSCRIPTIONS ACCESSIBILITY OF DATA AND
IN MARCH 2021 ENCOURAGE INNOVATION AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SMART
SERVICES

SOURCE: TDRA
FORWARD | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AI TO ADD $182B
TO UAE ECONOMY BY 2035

$37B
FINANCIAL SERVICE
SECTOR
$8B
CONSTRUCTION
SECTOR

$22B ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

HEALTHCARE SECTOR WILL IMPACT 15 SECTORS
IN THE UAE $6B
EDUCATION SECTOR
$19B
TRANSPORT STORAGE
SEGMENTS
TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY
OPPORTUNITIES | TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY

120 1st
CONFERENCES, MEETINGS AND ON TRIPADVISOR
INCENTIVE TRAVEL PROGRAMS TRAVELLERS’ CHOICE
HELD SUCCESSFULLY IN DUBAI IN AWARDS FOR BEST GLOBAL
2021 DESTINATION
OPPORTUNITIES | TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY

STAYCAPACITY
AND OCCUPANCYRATES

3.97 M
HOTEL/HOTEL 769 140,192
APARTMENT GUESTS
OCCUPYING 10.22M HOTELS, PLUS HOTEL TOTAL AVAILABLE ROOMS IN Q1
APARTMENTS IN THE 2022, 10% INCREASE FROM
ROOM NIGHTS
EMIRATE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR
Q1 2022
Q1 2022
RETAIL
OPPORTUNITIES | RETAIL

DUBAI FIRST
FOR INTERNATIONAL RETAILER PRESENCE

8% DUBAI NAMED AMONG 62%

WORLD’S TOP 20 CITIES THAT OF THE WORLD’S
INCREASE IN THE HAVE THE MOST LUXURY LEADING RETAIL
AVERAGE SPENDS PER SHOPS, RESTAURANTS AND BRANDS ARE IN DUBAI
PERSON BY TOURISTS IN FIVE-STAR HOTELS
RETAIL DATA - Q3 2020 AHMED AL KHAJA, CEO OF THE
DUBAI FESTIVALS AND RETAIL
AHMED AL KHAJA, CEO (DFRE)
Money.co.uk ESTABLISHMENT (DFRE)
MANUFACTURING
OPPORTUNITIES | MANUFACTURING

$19.04BN TARGETS TO BECOME A GLOBAL

PLATFORM FOR KNOWLEDGE-BASED,
BANK CREDIT TO UAE’S INDUSTRIAL SUSTAINABLE AND INNOVATIVE
SECTOR, 190% GROWTH INDUSTRIES
OVER 10 YEARS
OPPORTUNITIES | MANUFACTURING

SIX INDUSTRIAL SECTORS

ARE TARGETED FOR DUBAI

AEROSPACE ALUMINIUM & FABRICATEDMETALS

MARITIME FAST MOVING CONSUMABLE GOODS

PHARMACEUTICALS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

& MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES | MANUFACTURING

DUBAI INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 2030

GROWTH HOME FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY

ENGINE GLOBAL BUSINESS SUSTAINABLE

AIMS TO INCREASE TOTAL MAKE DUBAI A PREFERRED TO PROMOTE

GDP AND VALUE-ADDED OF MANUFACTURING PLATFORM ENVIRONMENTALLY-
THE MANUFACTURING FOR GLOBAL BUSINESSES FRIENDLY AND ENERGY
SECTOR EFFICIENT
MANUFACTURING
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