Panic in Dubai as flood of tourists causes complete chaos on roads

Eleanor Burleigh - Express - 28/01
Dubai is regularly ranked among Brits' favourite holiday destinations - but the strain of overtourism is taking its toll on the ultra-modern ‘city of gold'.

Rocketing house prices and expat-packed traffic jams are among the symptoms suggesting Dubai is suffering from an ever-increasing rise in tourist and foreigners demand.

As well as regularly clocking in as a top Brit-favourite holiday spot, Dubai has long proved attractive to visitors from around the world, with other major influxes from India, Russia and Saudi Arabia.

In a year that has provoked cities in Spain and Italy to implement controversial tourist taxes in a bid to crack down on a rise in foo...
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