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Dubai Travel Guide, United Arab Emirates

- Honeymoon Travel, Vacation, Business Tour, Shopping

Dubai Travel Guide, United Arab EmiratesBy Austin Hunter
About Dubai Travel Guide, United Arab Emirates

Dubai Travel Guide, United Arab Emirates. Honeymoon Travel, Vacation, Business Tour, Shopping. Dubai is like nowhere else on the planet. Often claimed to be the world's fastest-growing city, over the past four decades it has metamorphosed from a small Gulf trading centre to become one of the world's most glamorous, spectacular and futuristic urban destinations, fuelled by a heady cocktail of petrodollars, visionary commercial acumen and naked ambition. Dubai's ability to dream (and then achieve) the impossible has ripped up expectations and rewritten the record books, as evidenced by stunning developments such as the soaring Burj Khalifa, the beautiful Burj al Arab and the vast Palm Jumeirah island testament to the ruling sheikhs' determination to make the city one of the world's essential destinations for the twenty-first century. Modern Dubai is frequently seen as a panegyric to consumerist luxury: a self-indulgent haven of magical hotels, superlative restaurants and extravagantly themed shopping malls. Perhaps not surprisingly the city is often stereotyped as a vacuous consumerist fleshpot, appealing only to those with more cash than culture, although this one-eyed cliché does absolutely no justice to Dubai's beguiling contrasts and rich cultural make-up. The city's headline-grabbing mega-projects have also deflected attention from Dubai's role in providing the Islamic world with a model of political stability and religious tolerance, showing what can be achieved by a peaceful and progressive regime in one of the planet's most troubled regions.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9798608794865
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Published:
  • February 2, 2020
  • Dimensions:
  • 127x203x13 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 249 g.
Delivery: 1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: July 31, 2025

Description of Dubai Travel Guide, United Arab Emirates

Dubai Travel Guide, United Arab Emirates. Honeymoon Travel, Vacation, Business Tour, Shopping. Dubai is like nowhere else on the planet. Often claimed to be the world's fastest-growing city, over the past four decades it has metamorphosed from a small Gulf trading centre to become one of the world's most glamorous, spectacular and futuristic urban destinations, fuelled by a heady cocktail of petrodollars, visionary commercial acumen and naked ambition. Dubai's ability to dream (and then achieve) the impossible has ripped up expectations and rewritten the record books, as evidenced by stunning developments such as the soaring Burj Khalifa, the beautiful Burj al Arab and the vast Palm Jumeirah island testament to the ruling sheikhs' determination to make the city one of the world's essential destinations for the twenty-first century. Modern Dubai is frequently seen as a panegyric to consumerist luxury: a self-indulgent haven of magical hotels, superlative restaurants and extravagantly themed shopping malls. Perhaps not surprisingly the city is often stereotyped as a vacuous consumerist fleshpot, appealing only to those with more cash than culture, although this one-eyed cliché does absolutely no justice to Dubai's beguiling contrasts and rich cultural make-up. The city's headline-grabbing mega-projects have also deflected attention from Dubai's role in providing the Islamic world with a model of political stability and religious tolerance, showing what can be achieved by a peaceful and progressive regime in one of the planet's most troubled regions.

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