Why do business in Dubai?

• The leading industrial, commercial and trading center in the Middle East offering attractive incentives and facilities for business.
• Political & financial stability with the currency tied to the US Dollar.
• Modern banking facilities and business links with nearly every country in the world.
• Conveniently situated mid-way between the Far East and the Far West with access to a market of around 1.5 billion consumers.
• Strategically located at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula, Dubai's natural port has always been at the crossroads of seaborne trade routes between Persia, Arabia, India, and Mesopotamia.
• Serviced by more than 65 international airlines, its air links to over 105 cities in the world.
• Dubai Ports Authority's twin terminals - acknowledged to be the 14th largest container terminal in the world - service over 100 international shipping lines.
• A highly diversified infrastructure resulting from 30 years of Government planning and millions of dollars of Government investment.
• Excellent telecommunications.
• Abundant low cost energy supplies.
• An open, liberal, pro-business regulatory climate, with no taxes on profits or incomes, complete freedom of capital movement, and 100% foreign ownership allowed within Free Zones.
• An international, cosmopolitan lifestyle with relatively few restrictions for expatriates, and excellent accommodation, education, medical, shopping, leisure, and nightlife facilities.

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