How can Sharjah leverage its comparative advantages to open new markets for inbound tourism?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Khalid Jasim Al Midfa: Interview from The Report: Sharjah 2018
Articles & Analysis | Sharjah tourism rebounds as source markets strengthen from The Report: Sharjah 2018
Sharjah’s tourism sector benefits from a range of attractions, including its year-round warm weather, beaches, museums, proximity to Dubai’s shopping facilities and status as a regional cultural hub. The sector faced something of an oil price-related downturn in 2015, but has been showing signs of resurgent growth and is attracting substantial...
Articles & Analysis | Public and private efforts promote ecotourism in Sharjah from The Report: Sharjah 2018
Ecotourism is emerging as an important segment of Sharjah’s tourism industry, with a wide range of natural attractions and protected areas in place, as well as two major ecotourism projects currently under construction in the emirate.
Chapter | Tourism & Culture from The Report: Sharjah 2018
Sharjah’s tourism sector benefits from a range of attractions, including its year-round warm weather, beaches, museums, proximity to Dubai’s shopping facilities and status as a regional cultural hub. The sector faced something of an oil price-related downturn in 2015 but has been showing signs of resurgent growth and is attracting substantial investment in the form of a range of...
Sharjah has long played an important economic and cultural role in the UAE, and boasts one of the most diversified economies by regional standards, with no individual sector accounting for more than 20% of GDP.
The opening of the new Muscat International Airport (MCT), coupled with investments in hotel infrastructure, are expected to bring Oman closer to achieving its goal of more than doubling tourism’s contribution to GDP by 2040.