Emirates Palace spends about $130,000 a year replacing gold ceiling
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/emirates-palace-gold-abu-dhabi/index.html
Though UAE trys to diversify its industry to avoid strong dependence on oil industry, the country seems to depend on tourism gradually.
It's also risk for the nation, considering the case that airports in the country are forced to close, due to disasters or something like that.
So, the nation should think about how they can attract international human resources around the world to divert them to work in UAE.