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Dubai for all budgets
Showtime: The fountain at the Dubai Mall at sunset
Showtime: The fountain at the Dubai Mall at sunset.
While the average room rate in
Dubai was US$282 in 2013, don't despair ' the figure is pumped up by the
city's 80 five-to-seven-star hotels, according to Mohammed Essa Al
Sheikh, the Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing Department's
Asia/Australia chief. 'There is a Dubai for every budget,' he adds.
Travelers
are most likely to visit Dubai while transiting through its airport,
which is within eight hours' travel of two-thirds' of the world's
population, according to Barry Brown, Emirates divisional senior vice
president commercial operations for the Far East and Australasia.
Taking
advantage of the opportunity, the airline has made short stays in Dubai
simple for guests, offering ticketed passengers help in getting transit
visas, required for Indonesians, and discount rates at hotels such as
magnificent Ottoman-style Jumeirah Zabeel Saray on Palm Island and more
humble accommodations.
The Emirates offers twice-daily service
from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
Check out Emirates' in-flight podcasts on Dubai's film and literary
festivals ' and, if it is available, watch the Strip the City
documentary episode 'Desert City: Dubai' to learn how the city's
towering buildings were built on shifting sands.
