The rise and rise of Dubai over the last 40 years as a city of literally towering worldwide repute for luxurious excess has been quite remarkable.
Fuelled by billions in investment from oil revenues, today it is a byword for wealth, shopping, tourism, commerce – together with a good dose of ostentatiousness.
Aerial view of Dubai Palm Jumeirah island, United Arab Emirates
Now a cosmopolitan mecca for business lured by low taxes, it’s a stunning high rise architectural transformation of a once small fishing village in the Arabian Gulf
Among its many claims to fame is the world’s tallest…
