Palm JUMEIRAH, the giant palm-shaped peninsula in the Persian Gulf, is famous for its luxury homes.

朱美拉棕榈，波斯湾的巨型掌状半岛，因其豪宅而闻名。

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Dubai, which built the world's tallest building, palm-shaped islands with hotels and the world's first seven-star hotel, has thousands of empty hotel rooms and visitor levels are stagnant.

迪拜建有全球最高的建筑、建有酒店的棕榈岛以及全球的第一家七星级酒店，却经常有数千间的酒店客房是空置的，游客数量也遭遇瓶颈。

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Shaped like a palm tree, its "branches" fan out into the Persian Gulf.

岛屿呈现棕榈树状，它的“树枝”向波斯湾呈扇形展开。

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The plans are a twist on a more ambitious previous proposal to significantly overhaul the ship and convert it into a luxury hotel docked alongside one of the sheikdom's manmade palm-shaped islands.

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