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Dubai Growth Buoyed by Tourism Even as Omicron Clouds Outlook

Visitors interact with an autonomous robot on the opening day of the Expo 2020 exhibition in Dubai earlier in October. 
Visitors interact with an autonomous robot on the opening day of the Expo 2020 exhibition in Dubai earlier in October. Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg

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Dubai’s business conditions accelerated last month as easing travel restrictions and the Expo 2020 exhibition helped boost the city’s key tourism industry, before a renewed surge in coronavirus cases.