Dubai, the ‘leisure and entertainment capital of the Middle-East’ is really a trendy, cosmopolitan city that’s now creating a slow transition from an oil-dependent economy to the Mecca of media & commerce in the Gulf.

Tourists who come to tour Dubai on cheap holiday packages usually are impressed by its architectural grandeur visible in the new-age buildings that produce the city look like a chrome and glass fantasy. The city’s primary tourist attraction, The Palm Island, built out of reclaimed land draws tourists in hordes. Annually countless tourists seek out cheap holiday deals for Dubai online to see this incredible residential and resort complex that’s even visible from the space.

On your next holidays to Dubai take time out to explore the ‘Internet City’- the IT- hub of Dubai. Next on the Dubai Government’s wish-list is definitely an International Financial Centre that may give well-known stock exchanges just like the Hangseng desert safari deals, Nikkei and Dow Jones a work due to their money. But probably the most crucial development that’s taken place may be the conceptualization of a ‘Media City’ that may enable Dubai to replace Cairo as the media capital of the Middle-East.

Tourists who have visited Dubai before decade testify that the city’s demographic composition has changed dramatically before two decades. Only eighteen percent of the people of Dubai now consists of original inhabitants and the others are migrant workers who have been introduced included in Dubai’ government’s grand strategy to advertise a ‘Knowledge Economy’ comprising of special economic zones dedicated to each industry. Dubai has made an ideal decision to branch out into various industry verticals like shipping, finance, transportation & media instead of just relying on hospitality. Limited oil reserves are supposed to be the key trigger behind such a strategic move.

Unlike other nations which have relied primarily on rapid industrialization and export surpluses to advertise GDP growth, the Dubai Government has followed a somewhat contrarian approach and adopted tourism as the key engine of economic development. It has established the right infrastructure and put set up a powerful law and order mechanism for tourists to enjoy and feel secure in the Emirate.