As Abu Dhabi ups its game, will the attempt to lure Indian tourists work?

Abu Dhabi plans to leverage the opportunity when the world's largest global trade exhibition is hosted in Dubai next October

For many Indians, Abu Dhabi is a poor country cousin compared to glitzy Dubai. But the staid capital of the 

United Arab Emirates (UAE) is aiming to shed this image to become a favoured tourist destination.

A little over an hour's drive from Dubai, Abu Dhabi usually draws tourists on day visits. But next year, as travel picks up, it hopes to have upped its game enough to get them to stay at least overnight — and preferably for a few days. To achieve this, it has finalised a two-pronged strategy to attract tourists, a good number of them from India.

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