Located on an artificial island 280 meters from the beach and towering at 321 meters, the Burj Al Arab hotel is the world's highest. Recognizable by its shape imitating a sailboat sail, it was completed in 1999 and has no room, but only as a result of which the night varies between 1,000 and 28,000 U.S. $. Ski Dubai is an indoor ski slope about 400 meters in length adjacent to the mall, Mall of the Emirates, and the hotel is the Kempinski.Le Dubailand project to create a set of theme parks, located near the Arabian Canal. It will host the Mall of Arabia, a huge mall. The completion is scheduled for May 1, 2006 2014.Annoncé by the government, the Bawadi project plans to bring the number of hotel beds in the emirate to 29,000, doubling the current hotel capacity. For this, a budget of U.S. $ 27 billion is allocated to this project, the largest complex will be the Asia with 6500 rooms, is the largest hotel construction project monde.La The World, an artificial island representative the different continents of the world, began in 2005 but was halted in 2007 because of the economic crisis.
Dubai is one of the shopping capitals of the world and enjoys an international reputation for its enormous shopping malls and souks popular. Shopping in Dubai is one of the favorite pastimes of tourists. The city attracts many visitors wishing to shop, they come from neighboring countries or other more distant regions such as Eastern Europe, Africa and the subcontinent indien.Chaque years for a month, Dubai lives at the time of the carnival while the Shopping Festivalse place in the city. Founded in 1996 by the government, the shopping festival was intended simply to be an event to promote trade in the emirate. But over the years, it became a cultural event during which various shows and events take place. The weather, the many festivities, fireworks and sales are among its strengths, but it's the environment around the Global Village kitsch that we enjoy as much. Here you can choose between Chinese opera and the whirling dervishes, while enjoying the Bavarian cuisine before buying the Tunisian pottery. Stores display outstanding balances on all their products in over 40 shopping centers scattered throughout the city. In 2009 the festival took place from January 15 to 15 février.Les many shopping malls in Dubai are more extravagant than the other. Modern and luxurious, their decoration is neat and refined. Their "current" central, with fountains or carts of memories, seek to evoke village squares. Buyers can move to a coffe shop between two or lunch in one of the restaurants. There is absolutely everything and no need to get out: restaurants, beauty salons and fitness, amusement parks, ice rink, cinema, ski slope, prayer rooms, car parks, etc., are there to meet all desires.