Today,
Dubai is an important tourist destination and port
(Jebel Ali). It is developing as a hub for service
industries such as IT and finance, with the new Dubai
International Financial Centre (DIFC).
Dubai's economy was built on the oil industry, revenues
from oil and natural gas currently account for less
than 6% of the emirate's revenues.
The government has set up industry-specific free zones
throughout the city. Dubai Internet City, now combined
with Dubai Media City as part of TECOM (Dubai Technology,
Electronic Commerce and Media Free Zone Authority)
is one such enclave whose members include IT firms
such as EMC Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Microsoft,
and IBM, and media organisations such as MBC, CNN,
Reuters, ARY and AP. Dubai Knowledge Village (KV)
is an education and training hub is also set up to
complement the Free Zone�s other
two clusters, Dubai Internet City and Dubai Media
City, by providing the facilities to train the clusters'
future knowledge workers. Internet access is restricted
in most areas of Dubai with a proxy server filtering
out sites deemed to be against cultural and religious
values of the UAE - this includes any .il (Israeli)
domains. However, areas served by TECOM (an internet
service provider) are currently not filtered.
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