Foreign currency exchange may be driven by world's tallest building

The tallest tower in the world was unveiled in Dubai yesterday (January 4th) and it may encourage foreign currency exchange as travellers look to visit the emirate.

Standing at 828 metres tall, the Burj Khalifa tower is bigger than any other building and also hosts the world's highest observation deck on the 124th floor.

Tom Hall, travel editor at Lonely Planet, suggested it could be quite a good year "to go to snag a bargain" in Dubai.

He said: "It's certainly already very attractive in terms of flight prices to get there because emirates are very keen that people should use it as a transit hub and go there as a short break destination."

According to research carried out by travel site simonseeks.com more than half of those who holidayed in the UK last year plan to travel abroad in 2010.