Tens of thousands of residents and tourists have left UAE since the US and Israel started bombing Iran two weeks ago, leaving beach bars, malls and hotels eerily empty

  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    What happens if their tourism fails and Iran destroys their oil/gas infrastructure? Back to pearl diving?

    • 3abas@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Dubai doesn’t have much oil and it doesn’t rely on it at all, it’s why it’s fucked. It depends almost entirely on the foreigners living in a “safe,” tax free, consumerist state. When the rich people leave, they have nothing left.