Dubai

Dubai is now a business and tourism hot-spot, and the region stretches all the way from Egypt to the Indian Sub-continent and from South Africa to what are now called the CIS countries.

Its history initially started in 1833, when 800 members of the nomadic Bani Yas tribe, led by the Maktoum Family cleverly settled at the mouth of a creek, which ultimately flourished, due to its abundance of natural resources, and became a busy fishing port, renowned for its pearls. In only half a century, it flourished spectacularly and on the Deira side of the creek, was situated the largest souk on the coast, with hundreds of outlets and businesses.