02/21/2005 02:32:00 PM 
However, attracting visitors to the desert kingdom is quite a challenge; there is not a lot there, despite nice beaches and a great climate. To rectify the situation, the country has embarked on some of the most ambitious recent construction projects seen outside of China. Many of the construction goals are about being the biggest and tallest, with the objective of attracting investors tourists and shoppers.
Dubai will build:
The world's tallest building Burj Dubai Tower designed by the creators of the Sears Tower, Skidmore, Owings and Merill (SMO). This building will be the tallest residential development in the world at 160 stories and 700 meters high and cost a total of one billion dollars to build.
The world's largest shopping mall also located in the Burj district, the Dubai Mall is forecast to attract 35 million visitors a year. This mall will contain the world's largest aquarium, an Olympic-sized ice skating rink, and an IMAX cinema
The world as a private real-estate development This 63sq kilometer development reclaimed land to construct islands in the shape of the world and its continents. Now the rich and famous can literally buy their own country.
How successful the overall vision will be, remains to be seen, but two years ago, Dubai's tourism revenue exceeded oil receipts, for the first time in the nation's history and Emirate's, UAE's airline currently has $30 billion of aircraft on order including 45 Airbus A380s.
ensuring transportation to Dubai will not be a problem.
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