Dubai

DUBAI 

The biggest commercial hub of the Middle East

The biggest misconception with Dubai is that people mistake the city for a country. On the contrary, this signifies the diversity and limitless economy of the city on a global scale. 

Dubai is the commercial capital of the Middle East located in United Arab Emirates adjoining Sharjah and Abu-Dhabi as the political capital of UAE.

This city is the major hub for transportation. The world is attracted by  its innovative constructions and large products. Dubai is a brand ambassador for skyscrapers like Burj Khalifa. This city has a hot desert climate, like an average of 41 °C in summer and in peak winter like december it downs to 30°C . Apart from the whole world the Arab country have different rules and strict regulations. The Arab state laws are not democratic they are " The Al Maktoum" which means kings rule. I would like to share my travel experience with everyone about the famous attraction in Dubai.

Burj Al Arab

BURJ - AL - ARAB

Unlike other countries, unfortunately Dubai's icon has always kept changing with time, however before the Burj Khalifa tower, it used to be the Palm Jumeirah and before that the Burj-Al-Arab. The Burj Al Arab has been termed as "the only 7 star hotel in the world" and is the third largest hotel in the world. The 60 floor Hotel's structure is uniquely designed to mimic the shape of a boat and is located 1000 feet offshore on the Dubai King Fahad highway, which has 18 elevators. The construction took 5 years and opened in 1999 with an overall cost of $ 650 Million. Burj Al Arab stands on a man made island 280 meters offshore. This hotel is also known as " The Tower of the Arabs". 
As I entered into the hotel, my eye  mesmerized by seeing its mind blowing interior. It was the best thing I ever seen in my life. There was a Skyview bar on 27th floor, which has the costliest cocktail in the world. The cocktail is a mixture of different alcholos with gold flakes in it.

Dubai Shopping Festival

DUBAI SHOPPING FESTIVAL

The Dubai Shopping Festival is the biggest tourist attraction held every year during the First Quarter or the Second Quarter of every year. Most tourists claim to have visited Dubai during this time of the year. During this month, every shopping mall in conjunction with the Dubai Tourism's Marketing Department organizes one of the world's largest raffles for shopaholics. Every day of the month the top 3 winners in each shopping mall win top end SUV's and the top 10 winners receive 500gms, 250gms, 100gms, 50 gms, 10 gms, of gold biscuits as prizes. The Dubai Shopping Festival also hosts a huge carnival known as the "Global Village" which has a huge area dedicated for every country. Each country gets to portray its food, culture, dance and art through this dedicated areas. This includes life size iconic structures for each country like the Taj Mahal for India and The Statue of Liberty for USA.

Palm Jumeirah

PALM JUMEIRAH

The Palm Jumeirah is an artificial archipelago consisting of multiple high end Condominium's, the second man made architecture that can be seen from outer space (the first one being The Great Wall of China). The Monorail is the primary form of transport connecting the Atlantis (Underwater aquarium) to the Gateway Towers with a length of 5.4 kilometers (3.4 miles). The most affluent of all celebrities and businessmen in the world own parts of the Palm Jumeirah.

The Gold Souk

THE GOLD SOUK

The Gold souk, the biggest Jewelry shopping district in the world consists of over 300 retailers that trade almost exclusively in jewelry and account to 21% of UAE's non-oil trade economy. It is also famous for holding many records. Recently, they broke another record with the Longest Gold Chain on January 5th 2015. The chain weighs 256 kilograms (8,230.6 ounces) and is valued at almost $6 million dollars. The city of gold created a new world record with 5.522 km hand made gold chain.The chain has more than four million links and it took 100 craftsmen 45 days to fabricate it. Another record claimed by the souk is The Najmat Taiba (Star of Taiba) is the world's largest ring weighs 64 kilograms (2,257 ounces) studded with 5.1 kilograms (11 ounces) of precious stones. It also has 615 pieces of Swarovski stones. To make this ring 55 workers worked for 10 hours a day.

Reference:
1)http://www.worldrecordacademy.com/biggest/longest_gold_chain_Dubai_breaks_Guinness_World_Records_record_215208.html
2)http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/world-s-largest-ring-is-worth-3m-2011-05-16-1.393548

Burj Khalifa

THE BURJ KHALIFA

Dubai is home to the iconic Burj Khalifa, the tallest skyscraper in the world standing out at 829.80 mt (2,722 ft) beating the previously tallest buildig CN Tower, Canada. The building construction took 5 years and 6 months to complete.The Sky experience atop the tower situated at a height of 555 mt's. and at Level 148 is the highest observatory in the world. Watch in amazement as specially designed projections give you the feeling of flying over global landmarks as you ascend to Level 148. The secondary observatory located at Level 125 offers the visitors the stunning 360-degree view of the city also termed as the Falcon's View. The Burj Khalifa is currently occupied mainly by Armani Hotel and other Corporate and Residential suites. It is also famous for Tom Cruise movie Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol. Tourists can visit burj khalifa by purchasing the entry tickets where they can go to the 148 level of the building and can stay upto 30 minutes and can come down at 125 level and stay as long as they want. This is the view from the eagle eye.