The fastest growing city in the world - Dubai
Dubai is one of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates. It is the largest by population and second largest in surface area. UAE as a country is bordered with Saudi Arabia and Oman on the Arab Peninsula as well as lying on the Persian Gulf. Dubai is different from the other emirates in that it only receives 6% of its revenues from oil, rather most of the money generating sources have been from tourism and the services industry.
Dubai is the City built for Tourism all around the year with excellent Hotels, Resorts, Shopping and Sports facilities available throughout the year.
A relatively new tourist destination, Dubai has gained in popularity in recent years. It is essentially a desert city with superb infrastructure, liberal policies (by regional standards), and excellent tourist amenities. Just 5 hrs from Europe and 3 hrs from most parts of the Middle East, the Near East, and the sub-continent of India, Dubai makes a great short break for shopping, partying, sunbathing, fine dining, sporting events, and even a few sinful pleasures. It is a city of superlatives: for the fastest, biggest, tallest, largest and highest, Dubai is the destination.
Burj Dubai is a skyscraper currently under construction and is currently the tallest man-made structure on Earth. Construction began on September 21, 2004, and it is expected to be completed and ready for occupation in September 2009. Burj Dubai now has 164 floors (04.14.08), and 636.9 m tall. The one and only remaining record to be broken is the height of the collapsed Warsaw radio mast, which used to be 646.38 metres tall until August 8. 1991. One website mentions a rumoured final height of 800 - 950m.
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The Palm Islands are the most exciting project on earth. The islands are the largest land reclamation projects in the world and will result in the world's largest artificial islands.
Due to its immense scale and unique shape, The Palm, Jumeirah, The Palm, Jebel Ali are visible from space with the naked eye.
The brilliance of The Palm is both in its tribute to the date palm tree, referred to as 'bride of orchard', and in its ideal geometry for creating maximum beach frontage.
Each island will add 60 kilometres of shoreline to Dubai, increasing the UAE's beachfront by an extraordinary 166%.
Burj Al Arab sailboat hotel looks like a boat sailing the ocean. Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubail is the only existing 7-star luxury hotel in the entire world.
Andre Agassi and Roger Federer was invited to have a friendly match on the world’s highest tennis court on the helipad of Burj Al Arab
United Arab Emirates is now trying to create Venice in Dubai by building an artificial canal. More pictures.
Some being constructed, some constructed
Fueled by the engineering expertise and imagination of Nakheel, The World rises from the sea with velocity and momentum, with 94% of the islands already reclaimed. Each and every day, The World moves closer to becoming the most exclusive destination on earth.The World is a man-made archipelago of 300 islands constructed in the shape of a world map and located 4 kilometres (2.5 miles). Land reclamation on the World is nearly complete and should be finished in 2008.
Dubailand. What is Dubailand? Dubailand part of Tatweer (which belongs to Dubai Holding), is an entertainment complex under development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction of Dubailand has been divided into four phases. Work is currently being carried out on phase one of the project which is expected to see completion some time between 2008 and 2010.Spanning 107 square miles, the venture is expected to cost $20 billion. It will include 45 mega projects and 200 sub projects. It will be more than twice the size of all of the Disneyland/Disney World resorts put together, currently the largest collection of theme parks and attractions in the world.
Ski Dubai in Dubai Emirates Mall started in December 2005 is the worlds third largest indoor ski slope, measuring 400 meters and using 6000 tons of snow. Ski Dubai resort is the first Dubai indoor ski slope to open.
A second Dubai indoor ski slope is the Dubai Sunny Mountain Ski Dome in Dubailand which is due to open in 2008. It will provide a great attraction, featuring a revolving ski slope, an artificial mountain range, an ice bridge, a cable lift, a snow maze, an ice slide, polar bears cold water-aquaria and special sound and light effects.
Space Science World one of the biggest attraction of Dubai Land park.
The Restless Planet is an educational theme park currently under construction at the City of Arabia in Dubailand. Restless Planet offers the world’s ultimate theme ride back into the mists of time – through the state-of-the-art electronics of today. Here, in the glittering new City of Arabia, you are transported back millions of years into the prehistoric kingdom of the dinosaurs.
The Dubai Sports City is an entire sports city currently being constructed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction of Dubai Sports City is well under way and with the first sports facilities and homes being completed by late 2007, the future of sport and the future of living is nearer than you might think.
The Hydropolis Underwater Hotel and Resort is a planned hotel which will be the world's first underwater luxury resort. It's situated 66 feet below the surface of the Persian Gulf, just off Jumeira Beach in Dubai.
The Apeiron Hotel’ will be a 7-star hotel built on an island off of Dubai. The arched 185 meter tall hotel will cost $500 million USD.
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