It’s the latest word in Gulf excess – a sprawling £800million resort boasting a £13,000-a-night suite and dolphins flown in from the South Pacific, all atop a palm tree-shaped island.
Environmentalists have long criticised both the island and some of the features of the Atlantis hotel, set to open tomorrow.
Analysts wonder, separately, if global financial turmoil could someday crimp Dubai’s big tourist dreams.
But Dubai is not blinking: the 113-acre resort on an artificial island off the Persian Gulf coast is among the city-state’s biggest bets that tourism can help sustain its economy once regional oil profits stop flowing.
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