One venue fined as Dubai Tourism officials step up inspections

Wednesday, 23 September 2020 18:20

Inspections have been stepped up in Dubai's hotels and tourist attractions to ensure their compliance with the COVID-19 precautionary measures.

As many as 140 venues have been inspected during the latest round of checks carried out by Dubai Tourism.

One of them was fined for breaching the regulations, while all others were found to be fully compliant with the rules.

.@dubaitourism fines 1 non-compliant venue for not adhering to precautionary measures aiming to limit the spread of COVID-19.
139 venues were found compliant. pic.twitter.com/5k8z1nf0TC
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) September 23, 2020

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