Dubai is fast emerging as tourist destination of choice. Especially European tourists are flocking toward the sunny beaches and above average night life is Dubai. When I was compiling a list of places to visit in year 2009, City of Dubai was amongst the top 10 places to see. It is in-fact one of those cities, where skyline changes fast, really fast. If you take a look at this picture taken in 1990… It was nothing more than a barren land where you find nothing but blazing heat and dust. At that time, very few people believed that this wasteland could ever be transformed into one of the most successful cosmopolitan city in the world.
Compare the above picture with the one below. These are pictures of same street. One above was taken in 1990 and The second one, below was taken 13 years after it, in 2003. Human imagination, combined with trillion of dollars can sure create wonders.
This does not end here. In fact, no one is really sure, where this will stop. Below is the another picture of same street. This one, taken in 2005.
The pace at which Dubai is making progress is mind boggling. The state has more workers, working on permits, than it has citizens. It is estimated that 15% of world’s high rise cranes are in Dubai at the moment. Can you count them in the picture below?
All this to construct, world’s most expensive and luxurious hotels…
Dubai is really up to something. In years to come, Dubai is planning to have world largest and most beautiful water front called Dubai Water Front. Complete with a Marina..
Al-Burj(below), when completed, will be the centerpiece of these beautiful man made palm islands.
Here are few more angles of the same building…the skyline is just too beautiful to be…
At 1.2 Kilometers, this will be tallest building on Earth. 1.2 Kilometer above ground. Wow.. What’s next?
Downtown Dubai, with Burj-Al-Arab at its center is about to be completed. (below)
Dubai have and will have more and more attractions for the tourist around the globe… The Ski Resort is already operational. Yes!! Ski Resort in middle of desert. Arabs have gone nuts…really.
A Mega Sports City, This will attract millions of tourist per month and all major events will be hosted here.
If you are still not convinced that Arabs are on cracks…. Here is another plan that is under construction. “Worlds First Space Port” to take tourist in and out of space….
The world is in financial crisis. Americans are loosing jobs. there is no money out there and no jobs. As Obama said “We cannot keep borrowing from Chinese to pay Arabs for meeting our energy needs”. The Arabs are really wasted. They are spending all their money in creating buildings and super structures in the hope that when oil runs out, they will live off the tourists coming from America and Europe to see these…. My prediction… in 2020. Dubai will look again like the picture below…but in the meanwhile, there will be one hell of a party going on there… and I am not going to miss it.. I am planning a trip next year…
what do you think.. feel free to comment.
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It would certainly be a nice place to see. I’d really like to see the islands with my own eyes or stay at the Atlantis hotel, but I’m afraid a trip there is so far beyond my means it’s not even funny. Sad. It’s beautiful, but definately a playground for the wealthy. I still enjoy seeing all of the pix though….I can dream.
Wow
I have seen pics when they first started making those man made Islands.I’d like to go visit but like the person above that will probably never be a reality but we got to visit thanks to your pics
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Can’t really see why this is a tourist’s paradise. Most of the pics you showed are illustrations of something to be built in the future and all the rest, without exception, can’t be visited by ‘regular’ tourists. I’m counting as regular anyone who can’t afford the $500-$10,000 a night a the Burj-Al-Arab.
So what are you left with? Well, over 110ºF and 95% humidity, traffic chaos, restrictions and total lack of respect for women in general, lack of a standard address system that would confuse any newcomer…
I can see how all these nice glass and steel can fill your eyes but it certainly doesn’t make it a ‘tourist destination’ on those merits alone.
It is amazing what the human mind can conceive. About 30years ago, anyone would have doubted the possibility of turning a desert into such a desirable place.
It is unfortunate that the cost of visiting as a tourist is high. Not for the average man.
Nice pictures and write-ups. Cheers.
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Amazing buildings,to receive tourists,They are investing the proceeds of oil, the question is: will be investing not only in a certain area and not in manufacturing, electronics etc, they should diversify their investments when the oil runs out?
Very nice pictures of Dubai. They say that the hotel that looks like a wind sail (6th from the top) is the only 7-Star hotel in the world. Please do note that a 5-star hotel is luxurious enough… they outdid themselves by putting a 7-Star one… 2 stars better than 5.
i kind of like the concluding part of the article.. if the american and europeans have jobs loss and high debts, why would they come to dubai? just to see the world’s tallest buildings ? or some fancy hotels ? forget it. but i am still visiting dubai to see what the hell is going on??
Apparently Dubai have constantly showcased unimaginable edifices and world class infrastructures which wouldn’t have have been actualized with the doubting conception of what it ought to be in the last three decades .”Mere dersert” ,presently possesses an eye popping glamorous packages ranging from ultra modern shopping malls to man-made ports ,man-made island and more than a lot to behold. The royal administration of the entire region are wise ,having expected and conceived that some day the oil rich state will go dry on the multi-billion oil deal and focused on various areas of investment .I had travelled severally on Emirates airline which is being owned by the same giant stride minded city of dubai and observerd that they are flying mostly the youngest and most sophisticated aircraft on the planet and to crown it all i was told by one of the flight attendants convincinly that the airline are presently taking delivery of the highest number of the Airbus 380 jumbo aircraft among its rival airlines in the world. Consequently i have been opportuned to travel on different international airlines and non could be measured with Emirates strenght of quality services ,brand of fleets and curiosity in maintenance and reliabilty.
If you have the chance to go then go!! I went with my family last year and I hope to return one day