Australia's Gold Coast is aiming to capture the Middle East tourist market through a series of upgrading works on hotels and attractions in the area.

According to Gold Coast Tourism, these include the twin tower Hilton Surfers Paradise which is expected to be completed in mid-July 2011 and the twin residential towers of Peppers Broadbeach which is already operational.

These upgrades were timed to coincide with the arrival of visitors from the Middle East, with hotels already experiencing strong bookings from this market for the Ramadan period.

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