Ten characteristics of Dubai

In the past 30 years, the urban development of Dubai has been amazing. Although Dubai was originally a vital trade port center, it still strives to grow into a modern metropolis and the most luxurious city in the Middle East. The oil income in real estate and a large amount of investment make high-rise buildings rise. The most luxurious building project people imagine is springing up in this new hot spot of economic tourism (at least it will stand on this land after completion). However, in recent years, some strange rumors about coexistence with this charming city are confusing. It is worth noting that some of them are facts.

10. The police patrol in a sports car.

The luxury of Dubai is always surprising, and even the equipment of the local police can make people stunned. Dubai's top police cars include McLaren, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Bentley and Ferrari. These luxury cars have become a beautiful landscape among the white-collar and green-collar workers in the city when the police chase drivers who violate the law and speed limit on the expressway. However, the main function of these luxury cars is to sound the alarm for those who are eager to violate the rules and speed limit. They usually appear when the police issue parking tickets and patrol in other tourist areas with less illegal driving.

9. vending machines can buy gold bars

Buying gold bars from vending machines as disposable income is the best choice. This vending machine can sell customized gold bars, jewels and coins. The selling method is market price equivalent exchange (the machine is equipped with Internet connection, and the price is updated every ten minutes). All the gold wares are sold with certificates and anti-counterfeiting holographic labels, and some are packaged in exquisite gift boxes. Dubai is not the only city in the world with gold vending machines, but these souvenirs decorated with Jin Yezi always make people feel at home in this drunken city.

Economists are skeptical about the long-term development of cities.

Economists are skeptical about Dubai's prosperity. The city was hit hard by the economic recession in 2008. When investors and financial institutions stopped throwing money at real estate projects, most of them stopped. Although construction projects have recovered in recent years, its economic strength cannot be restored to the level before the recession. Some people say that the supply and demand of the real estate market is particularly dangerous. Sheikh Rashid bin Said Al-Allermark Toum once famously said that he ruled Dubai from 1958 to 1990, which was 32 years. My grandfather rides a camel, my father rides a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, and my grandparents and grandchildren should drive a Land Rover, but he rides a camel. This sentence is precisely the economic status quo of Dubai's high dependence on oil, as well as the infrastructure shortage and economic transformation it faces. Unexpectedly, this sentence turned out to be an early warning of the risk of a complete economic bubble in 2008. At that time, the financial situation of Dubai was not optimistic. Although Dubai has reduced its dependence on oil trade, its current economic sources mainly rely on services such as commerce and tourism. If Dubai gained something from the financial crisis in 2008, the future economic development of Dubai will be interesting.

7. Dubai used to be the hometown of 25% cranes in the world.

During the boom of urban real estate before 2008, Dubai was called the crane capital of the world. When construction projects blossomed everywhere in Dubai, the city's mid-air was covered with huge towering cranes. Statistics show that there are about 30,000 cranes in the world 1.25 million, which tells us how amazing Dubai's construction project and its expansion were before the financial crisis. After the economic recovery, more projects have been put into construction, and cranes and other construction machinery have once again become a landscape in Dubai. But whether cranes can return to the ubiquitous era in the past is really a big question mark.

6. The UAE has very strict anti-drug laws.

The UAE has a zero tolerance attitude towards drugs. Serious drug trafficking charges may be sentenced to death, and even a small amount of illegal drugs will be sentenced to several years in prison. In fact, the UAE even takes whether drugs are in the blood as a reference for drug-related activities. Unfortunately, some travelers to Dubai use their own painful experiences to discover how serious the country is about drug crimes. A Swiss traveler was sentenced to four years' imprisonment after the police found poppy seeds on his clothes, while an Englishman was sentenced to the same punishment after being found with less than 0.003 grams of marijuana on his soles at Dubai International Airport. In 20 13, three British tourists were pardoned for four years after serving three months in Dubai prison. They claimed that they were tortured by ill-treatment, electric shocks and beatings during the trial in Dubai.

Dubai is building the most luxurious amusement park in the world.

Disney has been paying attention to the growing market in the Middle East for many years to develop its own entertainment products, but announced that it has no plans to build theme parks in the region. However, Dubai is becoming increasingly frustrated because Disney has no development plans here-the city plans to build its own Dubai World outside Disneyland. The project started in 2003, but was forced to suspend in 2008 due to the financial crisis. The project was restarted on 20 13 and is expected to open in 2020 (Dubai will host the World Expo this year). It is reported that the cost of the project has swelled to about $55 billion. However, this is not surprising, because the planned scale of Dubai Disneyland will be twice that of Walter Disney World Resort, and on its 65,438+007 square miles, it will accommodate many theme amusement areas, retail and entertainment venues, hotels, sports attractions and numerous restaurants.

There is a seven-star hotel in Dubai.

Many people think that Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the first seven-star hotel in the world. However, even if the hotel is indeed one of the most luxurious hotels that people dream of, the seven-star theory is only misleading, because there is no seven-star theory in the hotel star classification system. In this regard, the Sailing Hotel denied calling itself a seven-star hotel, and blamed this statement on a British journalist 1998 who stayed at the hotel when it opened. The reporter who was impressed by the charm and luxury of the sailing hotel once joked that the sailing hotel is more like a seven-star hotel than those five-star hotels. Obviously, this statement has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people since then. In any case, this evaluation is closely related to the daily operation of the hotel. Many people still think that the luxury of hospitality in Sailing Hotel (including gold-plated iPad, caviar mask and Rolls Royce with private drivers and full-time servants in each room) exceeds the current star rating system of the hotel. Therefore, even if everything stems from a slip of the tongue, from the perspective of commercial propaganda, this slip of the tongue has undoubtedly made the sailing hotel famous in these years.

There will be an underwater hotel in Dubai.

Hydropolis in Dubai will be the first underwater hotel and the most expensive hotel in the world. This large hotel is jellyfish-shaped, and the low-rise suite will go 20 meters deep into the Persian Gulf. The hotel will also have luxury facilities, such as a large banquet hall, a cinema, a bar and a beauty salon. Sadly, like other ambitious projects in Dubai, the Crystal Palace Hotel is still under construction and its prospects are not very clear. The hotel is currently looking for investors and construction funds so that it can be completed as soon as possible.

Dubai is a city with artificial islands.

One of Dubai's most impressive landmarks is the artificial island. It was built by dredging sand from the bottom of the Persian Gulf and carrying it out by dredgers. These two palm islands, shaped like palm trees, are the real "breathing" attractions in the city and have created many architectural miracles. There is no doubt that they are the coveted real estate hotspots and the most popular tourist attractions in Dubai.

1. The height of Burj Khalifa caused trouble during Ramadan fasting.

Burj Khalifa is 2722 feet high and is the tallest man-made building in the world. The livable half-mile tower is too high, so Muslims living upstairs have to wait longer to break the Ramadan fasting time rule, because they see the sun for longer than the ground. Before they were about to break the fasting rule, the clergy in Dubai advised Muslims above 80 floors to wait for two minutes, and Muslims above 150 floors to wait for three minutes.

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