Dubai is the wealthiest Emirate (region) in the United Arab Emirates and is the most luxurious and modern desert city with lively cosmopolitan culture and exciting nightlife. Over the past 10 years, Dubai has emerged as one of the most sought after entertainment destinations with several global icons including the world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa; the world’s largest shopping destination The Dubai Mall; an amazing Arabesque dining out destination Souk Al Bahar; a five star premium hotel The Palace Downtown Dubai; and The world’s largest dancing fountain The Dubai Fountain Lake and many other attractions.
The world’s tallest building
Dubai stands with some of the world’s most magnificent and tallest buildings and skyscrapers such as The Burj Khalifa that reaches 828 metres into the sky above the downtown Dubai. The top of the building offers a striking 360 degree view of everything floating on the fog around Dubai. It is surrounded by hotels, incredible shopping centers and a variety of entertainment options. There are 911 completed high-rises among which 88 buildings stand taller than 180 metres. Princess Tower, 23 Marina, Elite Residence, Almas Tower, JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 1 and 2, Emirates Office Tower are tallest among others.
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The world’s largest dancing fountain, The Dubai Fountain Lake
World’s largest performing fountain The Dubai Fountain Lake offers the most remarkable and brilliant leisure experience within Downtown Dubai. It has been choreographed to music and shoots water as high as 500 feet. Tourists across the world arrive here to explore and experience its varied attractions from a various visual perspective.
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Unparallel Shopping experience
Dubai is undoubtedly one of the incredible destinations for shopping experience. Here, you can spend hours stepping across dozens of malls including the world’s largest mall the Dubai Mall which occupies over 12 million square feet. The Dubai Mall is widely considered to be a mini world of shopping. You can shop millions of items ranging from food and groceries to clothes, accessories and gadgets. It houses the underwater zoo (indoor aquarium and a large fish tank which is 45 metre long and has about 33000 species), gold souk, an ice ring and an indoor theme park. Besides, the city is surrounded by huge shopping malls, shops, and boutiques that offer diverse variety of goods in excellent bargains and most of the things are taxfree.
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Beaches and activities
Dubai has a long way of coastline and white sandy beaches with shinning clean water. Mamzer Beach Park, Jumeirah Beach Park, Russian Beach, Jebel Ali Beach, Burj Beach, Ghantoot Beach, Royal Island Beach Club are amongst top Dubai beaches. Spending time in beaches in high hot temperature is certainly an intriguing idea. There are many coastal hotels that offer private beaches and water sports and people who are not staying there can also visit and enjoy them for some fee.
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Art in Dubai
Dubai has plenty of options for art lovers and it is rapidly growing. Art Dubai, which is organized at March, is growing to be the largest art fair in the Middle East. There are several privately-owned local galleries open to the public and a group of 39 galleries that offer a contemporary view of Middle Eastern art. XVA Gallery, JamJar, Third Line, Mojo Gallery, the Fridge, Basta Art Café, Artspace, Boutique 1, Carbon 12, The Courtyard are top ten art galleries in Dubai.
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Sports
Dubai is one of the favorite choices for sports lovers. It hosts tennis and golf tournament (Dubai Tennis Open and the Desert Golf Classic) and has two renowned racetracks in the world â€" The Dubai Autodrome and The Yas Marina Circuit. One can also find various options of sports including the typical diving, sailing, camel racing and falconry.
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Besides, tourists also arrive here to enjoy the gorgeous and glamorous nightlife, some reach for warm vacation to take a break from cold weather of home land and some arrive for business purposes as Dubai hosts numerous exhibitions and business events throughout the year.
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