UAE and Singapore linked in cruise industry growth
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Growth in the global cruise industry looks set to strengthen tourist links between the UAE and Singapore, with both countries developing terminals to meet expected increases in demand, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said. The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing announced that the emirate’s new cruise terminal, which can hold four ships at once, will be ready for business in January 2010, reports Gulf News The opening of the Dubai terminal is expected to boost the number of cruise passengers entering the emirate from 260,000 to 380,000 per annum, surpassing market analysts’ predictions of a 6% annual global growth rate to 2020.
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