UAE Tourist Guide
The United Arab Emirates is definitely one of the most fantastic places on the earth. The picturesque landscrapes make you enjoy an old oriental fairy tale setting. In a single day, you can visit everything from rugged mountains and awe-inspiring sand dunes to sandy beaches and lush green parks, from ancient houses to luxurious residential districts.
The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates consisting of one or more exclaves: Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimaih, Ajman, Fujeirah, Umm al-Quwain and Abu Dhabi.
If you are looking for sunny beaches with fine white sand, deep blue sea, unusual and mysterious traditional culture, you should visit this exotic country. It is one of the most fast growing tourist destinations as tourism in the United Arab Emirates is safe, eventful and inexpensive.
If you are looking where it will be better to spend an unforgettable holiday - the United Arab Emirates offers a kaleidoscope of attractions f...
Dubai Travel Tips
Business Tips
Dubai Dress Code: Clothing should be conservative in Dubai. Women should avoid wearing revealing or tightly fitting clothing, especially in rural areas, and go for garments such as loosely cut trousers and long dresses.
Greeting Someone in Dubai: Usual practice is the use of 'Sayed' (Mr) or 'Sayeda' (Mrs) followed by the first name. The first name should always be prefixed with the honorific title, especially in business situations.
Business Hours and Banking: Dubai's business community works Saturday to Thursday from 08:00 to 13:00 and 16:00 to 20:00. Banking hours in Dubai are from 08:00 to 13:00, Saturday to Wednesday, although some also open from 16:30 to 18:30. On Thursdays, banks are open between 08:00 and 12:00.
Smoking: Attitudes to smoking in Dubai are the same as in Europe, and in most cases it is obvious where not to smoke. Visitors sh...
Dubai Weather and Climate
Dubai enjoys an arid subtropical climate, with blue skies and sunshine all year round. The hottest months are between June and September, when temperatures can soar to 45°C and more during the day and humidity levels are very high. Even the sea temperature touches on 40°C during the summer months, and swimming pools at hotels are usually cooled to be refreshing. Temperatures are only slightly more moderate the rest of the year, the coolest time being between December and March. There is very little rainfall in Dubai, but when showers do fall it is mainly in the cooler months.
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Dubai Transportation
GETTING THERE
Dubai International Airport (DXB) is the busiest airport in the Middle East. The national carrier is Emirates, which flies to some 45 destinations in the Middle East, Europe, Australia, Africa and the Indian subcontinent. For all the talk of free markets, air fares out of the UAE are just as strictly regulated as anywhere else; there are no bucket shops. Dubai International Airport has no separate airport departure tax; it's included in the price of your ticket.
Buses run from Dubai to other parts of the UAE and surrounding countries. One useful bus route runs to Hatta from the Deira bus station. To get to most other cities in the Emirates, take a Dubai Transport minibus. There are two buses a day to Muscat, Oman. Balawi Bus Service runs to Jordan twice weekly and to Egypt on Wednesdays.
Long-distance taxis can take you to any other emirate on a shared or 'engaged' basis (which means you'll either have to wait ...
Dubai Information
The major part of the Dubai emirate consists of rolling sand dunes lapping the foothills of the arid Hajar mountains in the east. Until a decade or two ago, the dunes were inhabited by nomadic bedouin roaming with their flocks and herds. Today the nomads have all settled, in villages in the few fertile oases or valleys, or else in the city.
Modern Dubai is the product of the past 20 years of intensive development. Prior to that, Dubai was a small trading port, clustered around the mouth of the Creek.
It had grown gradually from a fishing village inhabited in the 18th century by members of the Bani Yas tribe. Its origins, however, go back into the far more distant past. The town's museum displays a rich collection of objects found in graves of the first millenium BC at nearby Al-Qusais, while a caravan station of the sixth century AD was excavated in the expatriate suburb of Jumairah.
The village really began to grow in the early 19th century, whe...
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