The Gulf Hyperconnected Hub

2 billion people live within a 4 hour flying zone of the Gulf

4 billion people live within a 7 hour fly zone of the Gulf

Bahrain 88% connected to the internet in 2009

• investment in education- oil and gas rich
• investment in adult literacy- Oman 55% in 1990 in 2009 81%
• government sponsered national flag carriers, UAE has 37 million hub passenger traffic in 2009 with 140 aircraft on order
• Dubai increase in three runways in 2010 with a carrying capacity of 120 million
• UAE built business parks and developed a global knowlegde economy
• Yemen and Palestine experience conflict and terrorism
• UAE property bubble in 2008-2009
• Arab culture is very different
• Relies on desalination
• Reef destruction damage Gulfs ecosystem
• Gulf relies on cheap South Asia labour