Dubai, capital of the Emirate of Dubai; one of the emirates of the United Arab Emirates, is the largest emirate after Abu Dhabi.
Financial income is limited to only oil, but also on trade, real estate, financial services and tourism as well. This is a great achievement for the country founded in the thirties of the nineteenth century (1833), where hundreds of Al Maktoum settled in the creek area, which was just a natural harbor for the region, and the region is known for fishing and pearl trade.
Dubai has emerged as a port is always a central and active, and in the middle of the sixty years with the discovery of oil, the city of Dubai and the emirate has seen a big revival in modern infrastructure and modern at all levels. Dubai also recently experienced a huge and gigantic by any standards projects, most notably: Burj Khalifa, and Dubailand, the project Business Bay and Burj Al Arab.
Dubai's climate is very hot, especially in summer, and the wind is saturated with moisture. In contrast, warm winters and mild at night.
In terms of tourism, "the annual Dubai Shopping Festival" is a major event on the Arabian Gulf region, and the number of Arab tourists arrived in Dubai more than three million tourists a year, of whom 1.5 million from Arab Gulf states. And based tourist attraction in Dubai on shopping and on the elements of historical and contemporary attractions, and is known as the "shopping capital of the Middle East", where there are more than 70 shopping mall (Mall), including the largest mall in the whole world, "Dubai Mall" , along with large markets.
Dubai transport network is characterized by a huge wild Asabha highways in the wider world, and there are bridges and tunnels and external network included on both sides of the creek, along with a huge fleet of advanced buses and taxis. Since the 40-year evolution of Dubai airport to become today one of the largest airports in the world. Dubai's largest airline in the world have a "Emirates". There are also in the Dubai Metro network began its work in 2009, which is the Dubai Metro automatic largest of its kind in the world. Metro also contains special places just for women and children, and dedicated places for people with special needs.
What distinguishes the city of Dubai is geographically tongue watery home in the land and named "Khor Dubai", and people moving between naughty by abra (small boat), and the recently launched Dubai water bus, and water taxi.
