Articles tagged “uae”

Putting "ecotourism" in a big project in the desert nation makes it one, right? Right.

As a historically conservative culture like UAE's clashes with its relentless drive for modernity, these kind of measures help in coexistence of tourists and immigrants with locals' cultural sensitivities.

These airline industry groups are as opaque about their opposition to the UAE pre-clearance facility as they are about their financial backers, and we have the unfortunate feeling that its based more on prejudice than funding concerns.

RAK is the slower, quiet cousin emirate to the flashiness of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and is rapidly rising in tourism ranks.

Gotta give them marks for trying, by trying to change two ingrained cultural habits of Dubai residents.

The rulers of these tiny nation-states have realized the geopolitical advantage of being located where they are, and used the airlines as a proxy to extend their power.

All the seven emirates in UAE have figured out that rapid development as a shopping, leisure and tourism destination is their way to grow in an oil-less future.

So is the hope, that recent history has taught it some lessons, and the long term prospects of a stable emirate in a volatile region will continue the upwards rise.

Umm...clearly.