Dubai’s economy expanded by 3.4 percent in 2011, helped by strong trade flows and rising tourist numbers, Arif Obaid al-Muhairi, executive director of the Gulf Arab emirate’s statistics office was quoted as saying. One of seven United Arab Emirates saw its gross domestic product rise to 306.2 billion dirhams ($83.4 billion) last year from 296.1 billion in 2010, Muhairi was quoted as saying at Dubai Statistics Center’s website.
Reuters
29 May
