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Emerging economies 'are revolutionising tourism'

Emerging economies are changing the face of global tourism, it has been claimed.

According to the Economist, places such as Dubai, South Korea, Brazil and China not only provide western travellers with new destinations to visit, but are also a new source of tourists keen to explore the world.

The magazine states that the rise of these countries is the "third revolution the travel industry has undergone in the past 50 years".

The first of these was the advent of cheap air travel in the 1960s and the second the arrival of the internet, which allows people to tailor their holiday to their needs without going to a travel agent, the publication states.

Perhaps the most attractive of these new destinations is Dubai, with the emirate's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, spurring the tourism industry towards growth.

Travel and tourism currently accounts for 30 per cent of Dubai's Gross National Product, but with developments such as Dubailand - billed as the Middle East's answer to Disneyland - this could increase in future years.

Indeed, tourism consultant Globalysis recently predicted that the number of international visitors arriving in Dubai will grow by around eight per cent this year because of "robust airline connectivity and favourable marketing efforts".

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