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Dubai approves strategies to accelerate growth in various sectors

Wednesday, 8 May 2024 22:30

By ARN News Centre

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The Executive Council of Dubai has approved strategies aimed at accelerating growth in various sectors.

These include plans to fast-track tourism growth, ease traffic congestion, reduce travel time on public transport and boost data centre economy.

The plans were discussed during a meeting of the Council, chaired by Dubai's Crown Prince His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

The Council gave its go-ahead to the Dubai Commercial Transport Strategy 2030, which aims to double the sector's contribution to the economy and targets a reduction in CO2 emission.

A policy to strengthen community partnerships in developing government legislation and services, was also approved.

Today, I chaired a meeting of @TECofDubai to discuss strategies that accelerate Dubai's travel and tourism growth by leveraging the world's largest airport set to be built at a cost of AED128 billion. During the meeting, we approved a series of decisions related to the Dubai… pic.twitter.com/tFDa24CQ8M
— Hamdan bin Mohammed (@HamdanMohammed) May 8, 2024

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