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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