Stupendous transformation of Dubai into chic tourist destination

There has been a stunning transformation in one of the Emirates. Today, Dubai is unrecognizably metropolitan not only from 35 years ago, but even 15 years ago from when the city went pell-mell on an expansion course even to the extent of inviting the skyscraper curse. The Dubai of today is a thriving hot spot of the world’s glitterati, a one-stop city for entertainment of every type imaginable, from the touristy attractions of the desert safaris and the belly dance, the climb To The Top, which is not too memorably long because the express elevators take you to the observation deck on the 120nd floor in 60 seconds flat, besides boasting of the absolute latest in shopping malls. Today, it has some of the finest tourist projects like in the Atlantis hotel, the Burj al Arab and the Burj Khalifa, of course, all decked up in laser lights every evening while water parks and amusement centres, including one with artificial snowfall, invite the youngsters with their magnetic attraction. There are about 20 restaurants in a culinary concourse in the Atlantis including world renowned chef Nobu Matsuhisa and Ramsay’s offerings, besides the attraction of an aquarium nearby in which sharks swim by along with the stingrays and thousands of smaller fish in a microcosm of the Dubai philosophy of togetherness of races and cultures.