Sharjah Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD) has launched a new data gathering project that will update demographic information on the emirate’s 25,000 Emirati households. The project, called ‘Tahdeeth’, is the largest population survey since the Sharjah Census 2015 and is expected to continue until 4 December. Sharjah last full population census found that more than 1.4 million people ...

Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) has opened a new tourism office and information center in Khorfakkan, in advance of the winter tourism season. Located on Sharjah’s Indian Ocean coast, Khorfakkan Port has been a destination for luxury cruise-liners since the early 1980s and has become an increasingly popular tourist destination and a focus of Sharjah’s tourism development strategy. ...

In another ambitious move to increase Sharjah’s depth and reach of foreign investment, some of the emirate’s most influential economic drivers met with trade delegates, officials and businesspeople from Hong Kong recently, to present the unique opportunities and incentives which make Sharjah one of the most attractive investment destinations in the region. Sharjah’s FDI Office ‘Invest in Sharjah’, the investment ...