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Mexico wants to focus on tourism

The tourism industry is the latest one to take the spotlight as President Enrique Peña Nieto seeks to divert some of the frustration and opposition on his structural reform agenda.

Qatar strikes $200M-a-year tourism promotion deal with PSG
Bid by emirate to rival neighbouring Dubai as a tourism destination.
- PSG Strikes Huge Qatar Deal [World Football Insider]
- Qatar, PSG in tourism initiative [Gulf Times]

Shopping-spree tourists boost Simon Property
Largest U.S. mall owner reports 6% increase in revenue as free-spending international shoppers offset penny-pinching Americans.
- US malls pursue tourist spending [FT]
- Simon Property Q3 profit beats Wall St. estimate [Reuters]

Dubai aims to triple tourism income by 2020
Would involve doubling the number of the 80,000 hotel rooms the emirate now has.
- Dubai aims to triple tourism income by 2020 [Reuters]
- Dubai International Airport, en route to be the busiest in the world [Blouin Beat: Business]