• Leading regional trading hub & international business centre
• Business Gateway to Middle East, Asian subcontinent, East Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean, CIS and Central Asia.
• The region has a combined population of 1.4 billion, and a large proportion of this total will enter the international consumer market for the first time in the 21st century
• Diversified economy - Oil, Manufacturing, Trade, Tourism and Services
• Open & liberal regulatory environment
• Dubai is strategically located midway between the Far East and Europe on the east-west trading routes and between the former Soviet Union and Africa on the north-south axis.
• Dubai airport ranks as one of the world’s busiest in terms of transit passengers, is linked to more than 200 destinations via some 130 airlines
• Dubai Ports Authority - the operator of Port Rashid and Jebel Ali Port - is unrivalled throughout the region in terms of both facilities and efficiency.
• Dubai is politically stable and is open to business with all countries of the world, excluding Israel.
• Dubai has no taxes on profits or incomes and offers complete freedom of capital movement
• Sophisticated financial and services sector
• Excellent communications facilities
• Highly competitive cost structure for doing business
• Excellent facilities for establishing manufacturing and distribution operations in a number of Freezones; overseas companies are permitted to set up wholly-owned ventures and can enjoy an array of incentives, including exemption from import duties, in addition to the favourable investment conditions which prevail elsewhere in Dubai
• Superb quality of life and virtually crime-free.
• The lifestyle is international, with luxury residential and office accommodation, good educational, health and shopping facilities.
• Sporting and leisure interests are well catered for and Dubai's top class international hotels offer a wide range of dining, entertainment and nightlife.

UAE Economic Outlook

Even through the global economic downturn, Dubai remains the centre of business activity in the region and is set to strengthen its lead going forward. After six years of outstanding economic growth averaging 8.6%, anchored on the three main pillars of non-oil economic activity - ports, tourism and real estate - the UAE is entering a period of more measured and balanced growth of around 2.5% in 2010. Regional demand drivers, such as GDP and population growth, appear robust in the longer term.

Real Estate Sector

Across the region, there are projects worth US$ 2.1 trillion, either planned or under way, across all industries, according to a Nomura estimate in August 2009. While the real estate sector has witnessed delays in certain projects, the key projects are still proceeding. Further, the sharp fall in building materials and contractor rates have led to developers renegotiating prices to lower costs. The opening of Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world, in January 2010 and the continuous progress on developments in DIFC, Dubai Marina, Business Bay and Dubai Pearl underline the basic health of the real estate sector.