Dubai experiences tourism and economic boom post-vaccination

Tourists enjoying a cruise on a yacht in Dubai earlier this year. The city-state appears to be in the middle of a boom season. — AP

Nations around the world are lurching into lockdown, steeling themselves for a brutal surge as the Omicron variant spreads like wildfire.

But in Dubai, Donna Sese is bracing for a very different surge: countless restaurant bookings and meter-long drink bills.