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Project update: $64bn Dubailand gets big, bigger, biggest

Dubai wants 15 million tourists a year by 2015 and Dubailand will play a central role in hitting this figure. Phase One of the $64bn theme park and real estate project is scheduled to open in 2010, and last week members of the Dubai Property Group gathered for an update on progress.

The focal point of Phase One will be the Universal Studios, but it also includes the Ernie Els Golf Course, Global Village, Dubai Outlet City, Plantation World, the Al Sahara Desert Resort and the Formula One Theme Park.

‘At present the average visitor to Dubai spends 2.5 days in the city and spends $40-80 per day,’ said chief executive officer Mohammed Al Habai. ‘By 2015 we forecast they will stay four to seven days and spend $240 per person per day.’ Continue…