Dubai…. The shimmering oasis set at the edge of the Arabian Gulf Dubai is unique a clean, contemporary city built on the ideal of providing the finest facilities, attractions and environment for business and tourism. Glittering modern commercial towers blend with ancient middle eastern designs. Wide sandy beaches dissolve into the cool, sparkling waters of the Arabian Gulf, adjacent to green parklands and lively promenades.
Dubai is the second – largest emirate of the seven United Arab Emirates with a total surface area of 3885 square Kilometers. Situated on the banks of a creek, Dubai actually comprises two towns – Deira to the north – east and Dubai to the south-west. The creek (al-khor) that separates them is an inlet of the Arabian Gulf.
Visitors who arrive in Dubai expecting a hot, dusty, barren town surrounded by hostile desert find instead a clean, dynamic, in some parts of lush green city, straddling a natural harbour flanked by sparkling Gulf waters and attractive sandy beaches. The hinterland is largely desert and arid mountains, but it is tamed just enough by the tour guides to enable urban adventurers to roam its dunes and wadis for a glimpse of the last frontier.
Modern Dubai is less than 200 years old, but the heritage and culture of the people are buried deep in the history of Arab civilization, Archaeologists have found evidence that there was a settlement in the area at least 3000 years ago and, as the Gulf is one of the world’s oldest trading routes, historians are almost certain that the Creek in Dubai is one of the world’s oldest seaports. |
