INTRODUCTION The UAE is located in the Middle East along the southern most part of the Arabian Peninsula. The UAE spans 83‚600 kilometres and is comprised of seven sheikhdoms: 1) Abu Dhabi 2) Dubai 3) Sharjah 4) Ras Al Khaimah 5) Fujairah 6) Umm Al Quwain and 7) Ajman. The federal capital is Abu Dhabi. The UAE was established on December 2‚ 1971 following Great Britain’s withdrawal from the Arabian Gulf’s coastal region. A large percentage of the population is foreign. The local population
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Dubai is one of the seven city-states that comprise the United Arab Emirates. It is located on the northern coast of the Arabian Peninsula‚ fronting the Persian Gulf. My January 2006 trip to Dubai was unexpected in that I never really imagined myself ever traveling to the Middle East until I got a call from one of my company’s regional administrators about a week before Christmas‚ asking me if I’d travel to Dubai in January to assist with some bus transit planning efforts. I agreed and‚ in early
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waiting impatiently to reach there‚ I though about my all-time dream coming true‚ visiting the modern wonder‚ Dubai. Since the United Arab Emirates were formed in 1971‚ Dubai has always been the most resourceful‚ united and modern of all. It has been very famous for a lot of tourist attractions like Burj Al Arab and Emirates towers. Additionally‚ the highest tower in the world‚ Dubai tower is currently being built and an above-ground metro is being designed for safe‚ fast transport around the
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References: Ahmed‚ A. (2013‚ April 28). The National . Retrieved May 19‚ 2013‚ from The National : http://www.thenational.ae/news Badam‚ R Corder‚ R. (2008). Dubai ’s traffic pollution among world ’s worst. ARABIAN BUSINESS. Retrived May 21‚ 22013‚ from Arabian Business GulfTalent.com HOTZ‚ R. L. (2011). The Hidden Toll of Traffic Jams. THE WALLSTREET JOURNAL. Retrieved May 21‚ 2013‚ from The wall street journal
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facilities in Dubai Mall. Central idea: Today I am going to take you on a tour around the amusement facilities of the largest mall in the Middle East. Method of organization: Spatial I-Introduction Good afternoon everyone‚ today I am going to take on a tour around the most visited places inside Dubai mall. But first let me introduce you to the mall so you have a little more knowledge about it. The road you take to get to the mall is the Financial Center road also known as Doha Street. Dubai mall opened
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CONSULTANCY REPORT ON The Macroeconomic performance of Dubai (UAE) Macroeconomics is the study of the behavior of the economy as a whole (Investopedia). Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report gives the “big picture” of Dubai by analyzing economy-wide phenomena such as ECONOMIC OUTPUT‚ UNEMPLOYMENT‚ INFLATION‚ INVESTMENTS‚ GDP and Other factors. The report also highlights the key steps and reforms taken by the Government
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28‚ 2010 My Trip to Dubai Our first day of the trip consisted making sure we had everything we needed packed in our luggage. We arrived at the Greenville Spartanburg International Airport at nine-thirty‚ about an hour and a half prior to our plane taking off. When we did finally depart from GSP airport we took a two hour ride to Newark‚ from there we got on another plane and went to Frankfurt am Main changing planes once again and finally arriving at our destination Dubai. (Expedia‚ 2010) The
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Dubai: Globalization on Steroids by William Morehouse in The American Scholar‚ Winter 2008‚ 1st December Promotions for Dubai on CNN‚ BBC World‚ and other satellite channels show a shimmering skyline of glass and steel office towers with their graceful curves and aquiline shapes‚ suggesting a distant galaxy where all the unpleasantness of urban life has been airbrushed away. But advertising almost always offers more promise than reality‚ whether the product is potato chips or a city or a country
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The Palm Islands are artificial islands in Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates on which major commercial and residential infrastructure will be constructed. They are being constructed by Nakheel Properties‚ a property developer in the United Arab Emirates‚ who hired Belgian and Dutch dredging and marine contractor Jan De Nul and Van Oord‚ some of the world’s specialists in land reclamation. The islands are the Palm Jumeirah‚ the Palm Jebel Ali and the Palm Deira. Each settlement will be in the shape of
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Economic Impact: Dubai Dubai is the largest of the seven emirates in the United Arab Emirates. It is quickly growing into a huge tourist spot and prides itself on having some of the world’s greatest attractions. However‚ sometimes having the best comes with consequences. Despite the Middle East’s relatively low tourist rate‚ Dubai had been able to attract many “big spenders‚” which has enhanced its economy‚ but can also take a toll on the people. In her article‚ “Tourism in Dubai‚” Joan Henderson
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