Friday, 20 February 2009

I have had an appointment with Dr. Peter Chowne yesterday who was involved in the Abu Dhabi project Saadiyat Island. He gave me a very good idea what I could concentrate on. He told me that there is an article in Guardians newspaper which is about Dubai and how it was hit by the global financial crisis. Abu Dhabi was not, at least very very less. Why is that? Did they have a better tourism strategy? Did they plan it better? Or is it the tourism product they offer? With the construction of the Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi becomes very well known because it offers an unique cultural tourism product. How successful could Abu Dhabi be? And how long would their tourism industry last?