If a significant part of your country is built either on desert, or on man-made islands, then I guess you're not very scared of new stuff, being it the almighty blockchain. I'm talking about Dubai, of course, a country which seems to be on the forefront of tech innovation, although its governance is far from being a democracy.
In a recent effort to boost the country's already thriving tourism industry, Dubai announced a "blockchain based tourism marketplace", as part of its Dubai 10x initiative.
According to a news published by Arabian Business:
Dubai Tourism's Blockchain Marketplace aims to add an additional distribution channel for hotels in its first phase within the next 24 months.
Tourism chiefs said they aim to give global guests direct choice across the breadth and depth of the local tourism inventory, within a highly safe, transparent and real-time environment.
It's worth noting that Dubai also issued serious warnings about riskier parts of the blockchain ecosystem, such as ICOs, where it keeps a rather strict approach.
It's interesting to see actual use cases for advanced blockchain technologies, where speed, scalability and intercommunication are key. I mean,it's nice to read about all these, as a geek, but it's even better to think about how to actually implement an EOS, Tendermint or Cardano blockchain for a project like this one.
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