Ive also seen a lot of people people whining 'who would even go there? this is gonna flop' like the UAE doesn't already get like 20 million tourists per year (USA gets 60 million depspite being like 100x its size) and is also full of western/westernised expats (up to 88% of the population) who seem like exactly the type to go to this park, and its also not nearly as strict on sharia shit as they think it is.
Its not just catering to the wealthy arabs and indians etc either, even from the UK its quicker and cheaper to fly to dubai than to Orlando if they consider the paris park too lame/dated/cold, not to mention groups like wealthy russians. 5 hours from Moscow to Dubai.
Its so hard to comprehend for them that something isnt being built with them in mind, and that people from progressive countries dont inherently have the same values as them. And its also very easy for them to 'boycott' by not taking a 15 hour flight to go visit a disney park instead of their usual 3 hour USA disney flight.
Dubai visitor stats.
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