Facts about Dubai - Gain to earn

 

      Well known for the glamour rich and an exuberant lifestyle, Dubai has one of the best economic stories of the 21st century, making its way onto our favorite destinations list . Dubai was formed less than 50 years ago and it hit the ground running. It started in aggressive development campaign and it hasn't stopped to this day. 

It is the capital of one of these seven states comprising the United Arab Emirates, and it's growing to be one of the most respected and interesting cities in the world. 

It represents one of the focal points of the Middle East, and if in the past it found its power in oil. 

These days it's being sought out for its high end real estate and luxurious tourism, so what makes this place so special? Here are 15 things you didn't know about Dubai. 

1. Swimming Pool 

    Dubai produces 4.5 Olympic swimming pools of oil per day. 

If you don't have a visual image of what 50,000 Barrels of oil looks like. I bet that you have seen an Olympic swimming pool at least once in your life. Now multiply that with 4.5 and that is the amount of oil Dubai produces in a day. 

2. Burj Al Arab

39% of Burj Al Arab is wasted space. Famous for being a 7 star Hotel, and being the 4th tallest hotel in the world Burj Al Arab has 39% of space that is uninhabitable. That is because they don't care about fitting as many people in one building and they concentrated on the architectural vanity sizing. 

3. Dubai Land

    Dubai is building its own amusement park called Dubailand after Disney refused to build a Disneyland in Dubai, they decided to build Dubai land, which is twice bigger than the biggest Disneyland. It is estimated to cost around $64.3 billion. They will host diverse attractions and it will be a great thing for current Dubai on the family tourism map. 

4. Gold 

The amount of gold traded in Dubai is mind blowing.  40% of the gold traded in the world in 2013 occurred in Dubai and it weighed more than 354 elephants. That is approximately 2.250 tones of gold. 

5. Burj Khalifa

  Burj Khalifa can be seen from 95 kilometres away if Burj Khalifa would be situated in Freiberg, Germany, you would be able to see it from Strasburg, France. 

6. Safest cities in the World 

   Dubai is considered one of the safest cities in the world where the crime rate that is near 0%. 

Dubai is considered one of the safest cities in the world due to the fact that the law is very strict and people have high morality. 

7. Income Tax 0%

The income tax in Dubai is 0%. This is probably one of the best privileges if you want to become a rich person in Dubai. The residents do not pay any personal taxes on their income, making do by one of the most convenient cities in the world who start a business. 

8. Maximum Cranes operate 

20% of the world cranes operate in Dubai. Dubai is well known for its high expansion rate, and for that they need a lot of cranes for this reason . 20% of all the cranes in the world are now operating in Dubai. 

9. Dubai Mall

The Dubai Mall has an indoor ski resort. The Dubai mall has the largest indoor snow park in the world with an area of 3000 square meters and a ski resort that will make your trip to Austria look like a picnic. 

10. Largest Shopping centre in the World

    The Dubai Mall is the largest shopping Centre in the world. The Dubai mall is the perfect destination for shopping due to the fact that you can find anything you have dreamed of under just one route. It has 1200 stores and is considered the largest shopping centre in the world. 

11. Metro Station

The above ground Metro station was built in 18 months. The station opened in 2009. It consists of 42 stations and was built in only 18 months. Now that is an example of determination and good planning. 

12. Prolific City in the World

 Dubai has the largest rate of population increase. In 1975, the Dubai population was approximately 183,000 and today it has reached 2.9 million , making Dubai one of the most prolific cities in the world. 

13. Luxury Cars

 Dubai has a luxury car graveyard where luxury cars coated die. Many luxurious cars were abandoned all over 

The city, because of the financial crisis. Due to that fact, most of the cars were bought with easy credit during the economic boost.  As this covered this story in the article luxury car graveyard in Dubai. Makes car lovers cry. 

14. World's largest artificial island - Palm Jumeirah 

The Palm Jumeirah is the world's largest artificial island and it can be seen from space. It is 5.4 kilometers long and it also includes 28 hotels. 

15. The tallest residential building in the world - Princess Tower

Princess Tower has 101 levels and 414 meters. It's considered to be the tallest residential building in the world. It is also the second tallest building in Dubai surpassed by Burj Khalifa with the oil money slowly running out, Dubai is pushing as strong as they can into tourism and technology industries in order to be sustainable for the long run.