DUBAI: Sport contributes $1.08 billion to Dubai’s economy per annum, a report by consultants Deloitte revealed.

Golf is the biggest contributor, providing $270 million — or 25 percent — of the emirate’s total sports revenue in the 12 months to Sept. 1, 2015, said Nick Tarratt, director of European Tour International — Dubai.

These figures included indirect earnings such as from hotel stays and airline tickets, the report said.

Golf’s direct contribution was $131 million over the same time period, the report revealed.

Of this, tournaments such as the $8 million DP World Tour Championship — the European Tour’s season finale, which began on Thursday — and February’s Desert Classic provided $80 million.

Dubai is home to 11 golf courses and these generated $11 million per annum, international visitors accounted for $38 million and others $2 million.

The report did not provide comparative figures for the prior year and Tarratt declined to give a forecast for the following 12 months.

The report also did not give revenue figures for other sports. The emirate’s other sporting events include the Dubai World Cup — the world’s richest horse race — and the $5 million Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.