I can’t keep up with all of the new mega projects under construction. I lived in Dubai for 2 years from 2002-2004 and would not recognize the city as it has changed so much and so fast.

In 2006, 6.5 million people visited Dubai and the projection for 2015 is 15 million. Bed units will reach 62,000 by the end of 2008. Just to compare, Las Vegas welcomed 38,9 million visitors last year and has 133,000 hotel rooms while Hong Kong had 25 million guests and Macau 22 million.

After Burj Al Arab, Burj Dubai, The Palm, The World, Dubai is once again home of the world’s most ambitious tourism, leisure and entertainment project: The Bawadi Project in Dubailand. This Middle East very own Orlando will take 8 years to be completed and will offer 31 hotels and 29,200 rooms. The ”city within a city” will be 10 km long and will offer amusement centres, shopping malls, theatres, restaurants and convention centre.

I can’t wait to go back to the UAE, to see my friends and discover again this unbelievable fast growing destination.