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Touristical monuments of the The United Arab Emirates

 

 During the last ten years, the United Arab Emirates became the first tourist destination in the world, thanks to the huge construction boom and the official and popular interest in tourism facilities and projects.


 

The United Arab Emirates has shown great interest in developing tourism and infrastructure, and has represented the development of various tourism facilities that meet the requirements of tourists, as well as upgrading the level of services in the hotel sector and comfortable transportation, as well as holding events and festivals


United Arab of Emirates 


 The United Arab Emirates is a  state located in the east of the Arabian Peninsula in the southwest of the continent of Asia, bordering the southern shore of the Persian Gulf.  It has common maritime borders from the northwest with the State of Qatar, and on the west it borders with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and from the southeast with the Sultanate of Oman.  The naming of the Emirates comes in relation to the seven emirates that formed a federation between them, namely, the emirate of Abu Dhabi, the emirate of Dubai, the emirate of Sharjah, the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, the emirate of Ajman, the emirate of Umm al-Quwain and the emirate of Fujairah.


 The UAE is one of the best Gulf countries in the field of tourism, as it is characterized by the abundance of hotels, complexes, and tourist and archaeological attractions, in which there is the Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower and building in the world.


 The topographic nature of most of the lands of the Emirates, they are deserts interspersed with oases, are a natural extension of the Saudi Empty Quarter desert, also called the "lowland", and it rises only 300 meters above sea level.  How many passes through Saudi lands.  Mountain chains constitute the second section of the desert nature of the Emirates, the most important of which is the northern mountain range parallel to the Oman coast line, and its highest peaks, Jebel Hafeet, reach 1,200 meters above sea level.  The third section of the UAE's topography is the coastal sector with sandy beaches, with the exception of northern areas in Ras al-Khaimah, which form the head of the Hajar mountain range.  The coastal sector also contains many salt domes that form small islands in the sea and hills on land, and Jebel Dhanna, which is 99 meters high, is one of these terrain manifestations.


 The UAE is one of the richest Arab countries and its per capita income is high, and it is one of the petroleum countries whose economy depends mainly on petroleum products and their industries. The UAE has made important updates to its economy with the aim of reducing its dependence on oil.  The centers of the global economy and most of the workforce in the country are Asian workers, especially Indians, Pakistanis, and others.

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 The United Arab Emirates has shown great interest in developing tourism and infrastructure, and has represented the development of various tourism facilities that meet the requirements of tourists, as well as upgrading the level of services in the hotel sector and comfortable transportation, as well as holding events and festivals .


 The most important tourist attractions in the UAE

 Abu Dhabi

 The capital of the United Arab Emirates, located on the island of Abu Dhabi, and extends to the mainland and surrounding islands.  In the emirate there are many centers of tourist attractions, the most important of which are:

 Sheikh Zayed Mosque The Sheikh Zayed Mosque was built according to the instructions of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and the mosque, which was designed according to the highest architectural and aesthetic standards, is one of the main landmarks of the city, and the most luxurious types of marble, stone, gold and precious stones were used in its construction process.  Crystal and ceramic.


 


 -Emirates Palace

 The Emirates Palace is managed by the global (Kempinski) Hotel Group, and its cost has reached nearly $ 3 billion. The hotel, which is one of the most luxurious hotels in the world, consists of 400 rooms and suites, and used in its interiors materials of marble and pure gold.  Major festivals and international concerts are held in the hotel - which is located on the city’s beach near the Heritage Village and the Marina Center.


 The section fortress

 A heritage and archaeological landmark in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, built nearly 200 years ago;  In order to protect the emirate from attacks by bandits.  In view of its high heritage value in the history of the emirate, Al Maqta Fort has undergone important restoration operations in recent years, and the same applies to most of the forts in the country.


 -Ferrari world

 A modern gaming city, which is the largest indoor games city in the world, including the Yas Marina Circuit on which the Formula 1 International Race is held, and it is located on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.  With an area of ​​200 thousand square meters, it was inaugurated at the end of 2010.


 


 Dubai

 The emirate of Dubai - which is the second largest emirate in the country by area - is located on the eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula at the southwestern corner of the Arabian Gulf. It is distinguished by its cultural diversity. The emirate includes many landmarks that have become a symbol of its renaissance, and the slogan of marketing the emirate worldwide, the most important of which are:


 -Burj Khalifa

 It is the tallest building in the world currently, and was officially inaugurated in 2010, and its height exceeds 800 meters.

 Emaar Real Estate Company - the owner of the tower - began construction work in 2004 at a cost that then reached nearly 5 billion dirhams, and it was inaugurated in 2010, and the total area of ​​the tower is about 4,000,000 square meters.


 


 Burj Al Arab

 The only hotel in the world that is classified within the category of (7) stars, it was officially opened in 1999 at a cost of about 650 million dollars, and the tower is built on an artificial island a hundred meters from the seashore.


 Palm Jumeirah

 The first island in the open sea in the shape of a palm tree, construction began on this island in June 2001.


 


 Atlantis, Palm Jumeirah


 A 1,539 room hotel, located in the center of the crescent of the Palm Jumeirah industrial island in Dubai, this joint venture has been developed with a government investment company.

 It was opened in 2009 on a total area of ​​about 46 hectares, with 17 hectares of water parks.

 The hotel offers a marine zoo with 65,000 marine animals in shallow lakes and shows such as lost rooms, a maze of underwater corridors and ports that provide a journey through ancient Atlantis.


 The Dubai Fountain

 The Dubai Fountain is a dancing fountain located in the vicinity of the Dubai Mall in front of Burj Khalifa in the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  Designed using a dancing water system, the Dubai Fountain occupies 30 acres of the Burj Khalifa manmade lake in Downtown Dubai.



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