Attracting families through tourism at heart of Dubai 2020 strategy

THE NATIONAL: Attracting families will be the core focus of Dubai’s 2020 strategy, with theme parks, safaris and holiday homes in the pipeline. Infrastructure plans and details of sustainable projects were also outlined in Dubai Municipality’s Desert Rose venture for nationals, and the Land Department’s Perfect City yesterday at the Destination Dubai 2020 conference. “Our aim is that Dubai should be the number one city visited by travellers by 2020 and this is also possible with the theme parks planned and family tourism,” said Issam Kazim, chief executive of Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing.