An overview of Dubai and the UAE
5 Comments Published by Dubai Expat July 24th, 2006 in Living, Moving, Tourism.Dubai is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates on the Arabian Peninsula. Dubai is the most populous and second largest emirate (in terms of size) in the federation after Abu Dhabi. Dubai is distinct from other members of the UAE in that revenues from oil account for only 6% of its gross domestic product. A majority of the emirate’s revenues are from the Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZ) and now, increasingly, from tourism. With enormous construction and development in various industries, Dubai has attracted world attention through innovative real estate projects, sports events, conferences and Guinness records (source: Wikipedia).
Some great information resources:
Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, Government of Dubai
The Dubai Government Portal
Dubai.com
Facts on the United Arab Emirates:
Location: Middle East
Area: 82,880 sq.km.
Population: 2.6 million approx
Ethnic groups: Emirati 19%, other Arab and Iranian 23%, South Asian 50%, other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 8%
Religions: Muslim 96% (Shi’a 16%), Christian, Hindu, and other 4%
Languages: Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu
More info: CIA Factbook UAE
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5 Responses to “An overview of Dubai and the UAE”
- 1 Pingback on Sep 12th, 2006 at 6:44 am
- 2 Trackback on Jan 20th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Dubai is quite a dynamic city that changes with the seasons…literally! Visit Dubai city every few months and you literally won’t recognize various places you’d just visited on your last trip – the pace of development is so fast. Lots of breakthrough projects planned and underway in the UAE – quite an example for the rest of the world.
Hello All,
My husband, my daughter and myself are moving to Dubai with Emiriates Airline in May.I was wondering if anyone could give me a little advise on things that I should be bringing with us when we move to Dubai and things that we should not bring.
Also we are bringing our Golden Retriever Dog with us and I was wondering if anyone with any experience with moving their pet to Dubai might be able to give me some good advise on the best way to travel the dog on the 16 hour flight from the USA.
Any help will be appreciated. Have a great day.
Lissa
Hotel apartments totaled 7,277 with an 8.7 % increase in occupancy levels. The average occupancy levels for Dubai hotels last year was 81 % as against 72.4 % in the year 2003.
Indian exports to Dubai in 2006 were $6.4 billion. India’s imports from Dubai were $ 4.5 billion. India’s booming economy and a large number of corporate travellers and increasing disposable incomes of the middle class have changed the dynamics of the outbound travel sector. While aspirational values of Indians wanting to travel abroad are surging, the travel now and pay later option and unbelievably cheap tour packages are giving wings to their dreams.
Dubai tourism is being so aggressively marketed, it is definitely going to be on the Indian traveller’s list of top spots in 2010. Golf courses, bellydancing, no dress regulations, no liquor regulations, no visa restrictions, Dubai is literally doing everything it can to attract tourists. Dubai tourism is booming. UK is among the top 10 source markets for Dubai’s booming tourism industry with just under one million UK residents visiting the UAE. Dubai tourism is a booming business, with hundreds of thousands of tourists.