From the Niagara Falls Review:
The United Arab Emirates is roughly the same size as the state of Maine.
But with 4.4 million citizens, an unemployment rate of 2.4 per cent and an average tax-free income of 87,000 UAE dirhams (Cdn$25,500) per person, Emiratis – and the many expatriates from around the globe who now call the wealthy Arab state home – mean big business to the travel industry.
So much so the Niagara Parks Commission has sent staff to the Persian Gulf nation twice in 2007 – in February and again this month.
On the first mission, Parks executive director of revenue development Joel Noden and corporate executive chef Paul Pennock travelled to the gulf state following stops at travel shows in Scotland and England to promote travel to Niagara Falls.