When you hear
the name “Dubai” the most prominent thing which comes to our mind is the marvel
of architecture and lavish lifestyle and luxurious cars and palm trees which
are all around the man-made island. Few decades back around 1993 it had only
around 167 hotels which spiked up to 272 hotels in 2002 and then on it
increased to 28,999 rooms in 2005. By the end of 2010 the number of rooms jumped
to 67,369 rooms within a year mainly due to the massive rise in visitor
arrivals which created a huge demand for the apartment hotels Dubai.
Dubai has a
record of 10 million visitors during the year 2012, this gave a major push for
new construction projects and for 2013 more than 32,686 rooms were planned and
just two years prior to that the occupancy rate of hotels rose up to 81 percent
and settled at 71 percent throughout the year. Dubai has emerged into a global
city and a business hub of the Middle East and also became a transport hub for
passengers and cargo. The main source of income for Dubai was Oil which
accelerated and also helped in the early development of the city and also
stimulated the increase of apartment hotels Dubai.
By the end of
2014, Dubai’s hotel rooms were rated as the second most expensive in the world
after Geneva and also was rated as one of the best places to live in the Middle
East by the U.S. global consulting firm Mercer. For a few million dollars you
can own a big house in front of a palm tree. Dubai is run by Sheikhs. Some even
call Dubai as the Rome of 21st Century and since the oil reserves in
Dubai are limited they started investing and financing the architecture and apartment
hotels Dubai.
The wider view
of Dubai’s tourism impresarios is global and already almost lot of Dubai’s
Gross domestic product comes from Tourism and not just Oil. Developers have
already started working on a plan called “Dubai Land” which is a development of
100 sq. mile radius adjoining Dubai city whose motive is to double the size of
the capital. According to literature Dubai land is to include extreme sports,
Aviation world, Astrolab resort all of which is a source to generate more
revenue for travel agents in Dubai.
There are
construction sites all over the palm with more than 12,000 workers building
houses, hotels and condominiums. The laborers are everyday transported from
work camps where they reside to the construction sites. The least expensive
room in Burj Al Arab was $2000 per night with a panoramic view of the Persian
Gulf. The rooms are usually decorated in bright red and yellow and velvet and
satins which add to the overall luxurious look and ambience. Some of the
ceilings even a fashion a big mirror on top of the bed. People come to Dubai
not just for business but also for freedom and it is better to book through Dubai
travel agencies to get the best service.
