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hey guys and welcome to Dubai Dubai as a

city and an emirate in the United Arab

Emirates known for luxury shopping

ultra modern architecture and sandy

beaches Dubai was turned from a desert

backwater into one of the world's most

futuristic cities in less than 50 years

where is Dubai located in the eastern

part of the arabian peninsula on the

coast of the Persian Gulf the city is

growing so fast I was actually visiting

it back in 1995 with my dad and when it

came here for the second time I couldn't

recognize anything my first impression

was that the city is just so

overwhelming different parts of the city

are just so spread out and it's not

clear had to get from one place to

another

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first of all let's point out some

cultural aspects although two buys the

most liberal or the seven Emirates it is

still an arab emirate and much of its

culture is influenced by islam

criticizing the royal family local laws

or the country in general will probably

get you in trouble

drinking in public or just being

intoxicated in public is also against

the law

when visit in public places you got to

follow certain dress code make sure you

cover your shoulders and knees also no

kissing or hugging in public you will

hear a call to the prayer five times a

day no matter where you are outside in a

mall or at a business meeting filming

people is basically legal you got to ask

for their permission first

coffee good

the population of the city is 3.3

million people and every year it

increases by 170,000 people you might be

surprised by the locals or Emiratis only

make up about 10% of the population

looking at all the luxury of Dubai it

might seem that everyone must be pretty

wealthy around here which is often the

case for locals and some high-skilled

expatriates coming from countries like

the US UK and Canada

but it's a completely different story

for the construction workers and the

taxi drivers that come from Pakistan

Bangladesh India Nigeria Egypt and other

countries who only average about six or

seven hundred dollars a month

hi Briana I'm not move I'm from

Bangladesh what's your name my name is

Sarah Muhammad who do you come from

Pakistan Peshawar

nice to meet you yeah they don't live in

fancy neighborhoods rather they live in

communities such as this one they can't

afford to bring their families over here

and sometimes several men have to share

one room they're here to make some money

and send it back to their home country I

want to mention this guy he's from Egypt

you saw us on the subway trying to

figure out how to get to a certain place

and he came to our rescue he took us all

the way to the destination and then even

stopped to buy some cold drinks which

was very nice of him none of those

people had plans to stay here longer

than they need it to be cuz UAE

citizenship is almost impossible to

obtain even if you're born here it

doesn't change anything unless one of

your parents is an Emirati

just imagine the situation say a young

couple that comes from Egypt comes to

live and work in Dubai they give birth

to a child who grows up gets their

education here gets a job afterwards and

continues living and do by thinking that

Dubai is their home

then that person's working visa is not

extended for whatever reason and they're

told go home go home where they asked go

home to Egypt where that person had

never been in their lifetime in Dubai

the number of man exceeds that of women

by more than double there's about two

and a half males for every female today

less than 5% of the Emirates revenue

comes from oil instead the economy

relies on trade tourism aviation

financial services and real estate

tourism is doing well

Dubai's the fourth most visited city in

the world the city had 15 million

overnight visitors in 2016 but the real

estate situation is another story

who want to invest in Dubai have to keep

an eye on the market

several years ago Dubai already found

itself in a difficult situation when it

needed a twenty billion dollar bailout

from its oil-rich neighbor Abu Dhabi to

escape a debt crisis caused by

collapsing property prices since 2014

residential property prices have dropped

by more than 15 percent and are still

fallen the housing market remains

oversupply and you're looking at all the

ongoing projects I get a feeling that it

might stay this way for a while at the

same time they're expecting the city

population to double by 2027 everyone's

betting on Expo 2020 to turn things

around

for which Dubai is ready to spend eight

billion dollars on infrastructure Dubai

has always been an attractive place to

run a business for yet another reason

zero taxes but in 2018 the government

implemented value-added tax

v80 at a rate of five percent not too

bad but it's not zero anymore

Dubai is in the desert and it's hot

summer days can be as hot as 50 Celsius

or 122 Fahrenheit and it's sunny

throughout the air it is hotter here

than in Phoenix Arizona so you get the

picture even the taxi drivers from Egypt

that I talked to said that in the

summertime it's hotter here than it is

in Egypt it's in the deserts of water

supply is a major challenge close to 99

percent of potable drinking water in

Dubai comes from desalination plants

just imagine how many cubic meters of

water they need every day for the city

in this part of the world you know a

city is wealthy when it has a lot of

green parks and gardens and palm trees

you know divided in the desert so it

takes a lot of water to keep it all

green and nice everywhere you will see

some water systems and some hoses look

at this flowers

they're hoses everywhere

they can't have too much fur in when

it's 50 outside I mean you gotta keep it

short right Dubai is not very walkable

so you'll have to be reliant on public

transportation to get you around but

most people just prefer to use taxes

Dubai is jam-packed with things that are

designed to be the biggest or the most

extravagant in the world it has this

attitude of nothing is impossible the

Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in

the world it's an eight hundred and

thirty meter tall tower that dominates

the skyscraper filled skyline by the way

Burj in Arabic means a building while

without a doubt it's a true masterpiece

it might be just a little bit of an

overrated site for tourists do you

really want to waste two or three hours

in line just to see the city from above

I decided to pass on the idea because

you can admire the building from outside

for free but did you know they're

already building a toll or building it's

called Dubai Creek Tower and it will be

at least 100 meters taller than Burj

Khalifa

Dubai has the world's largest flower

garden Dubai miracle garden the garden

has a total of 45 million flowers so

nice to find yourself in this beautiful

area and take a break from the busy city

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we are in the beautiful miracle garden

in Dubai and it seems like it's

everything they've been lacking all the

greenery and all the different kinds of

flowers devised basically a desert and

over here you feel like you know

Thailand and it's just a wonderful place

and you should definitely visit that if

you're in Dubai during the summer months

the garden stays closed for obvious

reasons it's too hot man sorry I didn't

see that kid where do you find the best

roads in the world for five years in a

row the Emirates had been number one

when it came to quality of roads

according to global economy and of

course if you have some super roads you

need some super cars right

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they have bus stops with air

conditioning they call them air

conditioned bus shelters and there's

more than a thousand of them right now

in the city Dubai has the world's

longest fully automated metro system

where all trains run without drivers

most of it above the ground they have

two lines a green line and a red line

the red line goes along the main Dubai

Street Sheikh Zayed highway there are

three different classes of service

silver class women and children only and

gold class a ticket to the gold class is

two times more expensive than usual the

best thing about it is it doesn't get

crowded during rush hours a problem

chest petitioner Dubai is pretty

convenient and the best weight is to get

an old card which is good for subway

it's good for bus the only thing it's

not good for is monorail which have to

pay separately Dubai is also known for

one of the most ambitious engineering

structures of our time an artificial

palm tree archipelago palm jumeirah

which added nearly 50 miles to the

coastline Atlantis the palm as a luxury

hotel resort located at apex of the palm

jumeirah among other things it has

Aquaventure waterpark and the lost

chambers aquarium that is home to 65,000

marine animals we got from welcome to

Dubai thank you

okay bye there's another Atlantis on the

way it's a one point four billion dollar

royal Atlantis that is expected to be

opened in 2020 you can travel the Palm

Island on monorail which is an

entertainment by itself there are many

means of transportation and Dubai one of

them is monorail the ticket is very

pricey it's five point five dollars one

way so let's take a look at what's it's

like on the inside

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to get a good view of Palm Jumeirah you

might want to go to Mary at Harbor Hotel

that has a bar on the 52nd floor with a

wonderful view the Palm Jumeirah turn

out as successful as they planned it to

be well not really instead of an

exclusive private Enclave you got a

generic copy of American suburbia the

houses are standing side-by-side at

three times the original planned density

in fact that we're planning a large

series of developments called

the palm islands which were going to be

many times larger than Palm Jumeirah and

also the world a series of islands

represent in the world

like every single continent but all

these projects had to be suspended since

Dubai property market crash in 2009 I'm

sure you have seen this hotel before it

it's called the Burj Al Arab this hotel

claims to be the only seven star hotel

in the world and is frequently

recognized as the world's most luxurious

hotel it was built in 1999 for 1 billion

dollars on a man-made island the

cheapest room starts at $1,500 a night

while a royal queen bedroom suite will

set you back fifteen thousand dollars

Dubai is a city of shopping malls like

what do you do on those five days people

go to the malls to escape from the heat

the mall of the emirates is one of the

largest malls here

it's got ski dubai an indoor ski resort

with five ski tracks and a snow park you

can also visit an ice cave and go

sledding can you believe that

yes right in the mall you can go ski in

one of the hottest places on the planet

another mole is the Dubai Mall today

it's the second largest mole in the

world but it used to be the largest if

you like exotic cars then in front of

the Dubai Mall there's always something

to look at it's a bustling entertainment

center with mesmerizing sights and

attractions often viewed by most

Emiratis as the ultimate shopping

destination in the city let's look at

some things that you can see inside the

mall the human Waterfalls one of the

finest artificial waterfalls that i've

ever seen

there's also an aquarium one of the

largest in the world in fact 2.6 million

gallons of water

outside to have a fountain show which

always gets crowds and crowds of people

you can actually take a boat ride far go

walking around the periphery of the lake

and view all the shops and the

restaurants these lovely people from

India that were travelling with me in

that boat wanted me to fill them and

their baby so their wish is granted

there are 65 malls all together in the

city and each one of them is trying to

be unique in some way take a look at

this one it's called wafi mall and it's

styled after asian egypt honestly i'm

not a big fan of shopping and I easily

get tired of huge malls what can you do

outside of the city dune bashing Dubai

lies directly within the Arabian deserts

you can go dune bashing in a 4x4 most

often it's a Toyota Landcruiser

or a Nissan Patrol my family certainly

enjoyed it it was like riding a roller

coaster and asked the driver how many

times who flipped the car in his life he

said none so this made me feel more

comfortable

hey guys so we are in the desert and you

can do crazy things like that they give

you a professional driver and it takes

you along the desert

okay the rads very bumpy but if you like

stuff like roller coasters you're going

to enjoy it and on top of that you can

ride a camel if you right now if you

want some nice pictures but we're about

to have some dinner

so let's go do it there are other things

to do in the desert like snowboarding on

a sand dune riding an ATV and so much

more then they offer you a dinner and a

show with dances and performances just

to give the scale we had 700 people that

night and our driver said that they're

all together about 20 companies doing

that in the city even in the desert you

can meet some awesome people from around

the world so where you from

you're Canadian what you said you live

here oh okay

so is it work-related oh cool and you're

just visiting yeah so why have you guys

done for fun like

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we went to the mall to buy we went stop

the Burj Khalifa

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I'm good to Myra Beach it's really nice

hey what's your name Anika Oh its name

nice to meet you

one of my favorite places in Dubai is

the global village it's a huge park that

combines cultures of 90 countries from

all across the world in one place

welcome to oh wait a second

mistake welcome to Moscow actually

we're in New York City right that's

pretty confusing but actually we are in

Dubai and this place is called global

villages you can get souvenirs spices

and try food from almost every corner of

the planet well except for Israel

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they got temples of Thailand forbidden

city of Beijing the Eiffel Tower and so

much more and they also have different

shows during the night like they have

this monster stunt show three times a

night with cars and motorbikes and you

can enjoy some incredible performances

fight scenes you know directing stunts

bikers and they even had a tank those

who love amusement parks are really

gonna enjoy Dubai because I have a

cluster of theme parks and water parks

like Legoland Bollywood and motion gate

and others let's take a look at some

different parts of the city Dara is

Dubai's old financial district it sits

on the east bank of Dubai Creek at one

point it played a vital role in the

economic development of the city today

Dara is a bustling commercial

residential district with some old

markets including some specializing in

spices and gold the most recognized

landmark is Daris clock tower

then you have downtown to buy with Burj

Khalifa and endless skyscrapers Sheikh

Zayed highway is the longest street in

Dubai it gives the full fill in that you

are in the city of the future on both

sides of the road there are numerous

skyscrapers that seem to compete in high

dens originality look at this structure

looming over the city's financial

district it's called the Museum of the

future it will be open just before the

world expo starts October 2020 one of

the newest areas in the city is Dubai

Marina it's a modern expensive

residential neighborhood that has one of

the largest concentrations of Westerners

living in the city it's just a walking

distance away from the beach at jbr

which stands for Jumeirah Beach

residents there's plenty of things to do

here from jet ski to skydiving

a new addition to this district is blue

waters Island that opened in 2018 it's

an artificial island that will feature

at 210 metre tall giant ferries will

called Dubai I of course is going to be

the largest in the world what else did

you expect Dubai has a number of beaches

to choose from let's take a look at some

of them kite beach it is Dubai support

iasts Beach and favored with many kite

surfers people come here to jog or play

beach volleyball there's also a skate

park an outdoor gym and plenty of other

things to do

where you from what you from Alaska no

this can't be right you from Alaska

how are you know everything how are you

say I'm from Alaska I travel all over

the world

but the way is the best place in the

world you know it's all right you have

east and west everything no corona

nothing no white it's not yeah

everything is clean yeah okay the rulers

here are fantastic it's a growing

economy everything is booming here life

is beautiful no taxes the fresh air free

of charge he compliment

you know what's your favorite part of

the city fair part of the city is the

kite beach you know the kite beach oh

it's right here on the spot right place

right time right people what but what

about the parks my first impression is

that the city's nothing but a concrete

jungle and there's no parks well it's

not like that there are plenty of parks

this one's called Al Barsha where people

come to go jogging or just take a break

from the busy city life

they even half golf courses here can you

imagine so how did it all start Dubai

was a village of fishermen and Perl

hunters until the mid 20th century the

best way to look at this distant past is

to visit the Dubai Museum it is located

in the fort alpha Healey which is the

oldest building in Dubai built in 1787

pearl huntin was the main source of

income for the local population back

then but the invention of artificial

pearls by the Japanese in the 1930s

destroyed the economy in 1968 Great

Britain abandoned the Protectorate of

the Gulf countries right around this

time oil was discovered and from that

moment the Emirates got quick start in

the development they say driving a car

in Dubai is not for everyone

locals say that if you miss an exit it

might take you 20 to 30 minutes to get

back on the route speeding fines are no

joke for example if you exceed the speed

limit by 20 kilometres an hour

your fines gonna be an equivalent of 82

dollars but if you exceeded by 80

kilometers an hour it's gonna be eight

hundred and twenty dollars once a

British tourist got stuck in Dubai after

racking up forty five thousand dollars

in speeding tickets in a rented

Lamborghini in four hours it triggered

every speed camera on Sheikh Zayed Road

and they wouldn't let him go until the

paid the fines in full one of the newest

additions to the city as the Dubai frame

you can see it from a distance its high

it is 150 metres it has a glass floor

the idea is that it splits the

into the old part and the new part

what's it like for the locals live here

Emiratis like I said make up only 10 to

15 percent of the population they get

plenty of perks from the government like

$20,000 or more as a wedding present

polygamy is allowed so you can have more

than one wife there's an Arab joke about

this if you have one wife she will fight

with you if you have two wives they will

fight for you

recently the introduced mandatory

military service so now a Marathi man

who have finished secondary school and

aged between 18 and 30 will have to

serve a year and four months did you

know they have a Ministry of happiness

fear Sheikh Mohammed who is vice

president and prime minister of the

country and ruler of the emirate of

Dubai said that he's not going to

tolerate poor government services and he

declared that he would remove staff and

officials who are not performing well

he's also known to visit government

departments when they least expect him

one time he was visiting Dubai

Municipality and he was surprised to

find directors and senior officials not

present at the workplace during his

visit

they say Dubai has a development plan

until the year 2017 that's impressive

but is it a comfortable City for

foreigners while salaries are

competitive they say that one of the

biggest challenges here is to build a

circle of friends people come and go all

the time and to make friends with the

locals is not that simple

some people say that Dubai doesn't make

them feel like they belong there some

people told me that in Singapore after

work you go drinking beer with the

locals but in Dubai it's just not

happening there's internet censorship

and voice calls and Skype and whatsapp

are restricted be careful what you post

on social media there's been cases when

foreigners got in trouble after posting

something negative about Dubai on

Instagram or Twitter what about women

rights while I'm not a big expert but

how do you play numerous attempts of

members of the royal family to flee the

country just read about Princess Latifah

but try to flee but got caught and she

hasn't been seen

since March 2018 on the bright side

there's definitely been some progress

Dubai has recently loosened its liquor

laws to allow tourists to purchase

alcohol in state controlled stores they

ended prison sentences for loan

defaulters before if you are late with

payments you could be sentenced to jail

for up to three years now you just get a

fine instead of jail time the city is

very safe and that's despite the fact

that it has millions of visitors from

all over and most importantly it's a fun

place to live in it's a melting pot of

different cultures and there's so many

events happening all the time to me

Dubai's like the amusement park of the

planet where the most daring ideas are

implemented some of them succeed and

some fail but everybody wants to come

here and see it for themselves and you

can't help but admire the determination

of Dubai to be moving forward and I want

to end this video with a quote from

Sheikh Mohammed the race for excellence

has no finish line

I wanted to buy to be number one not in

the region but in the world number one

in everything high education health and

housing I want to give my people the

highest way of living ok guys thanks for

watching I hope you enjoyed the video

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