Tens of thousands of residents and tourists have left UAE since the US and Israel started bombing Iran two weeks ago, leaving beach bars, malls and hotels eerily empty
Tens of thousands of residents and tourists have left UAE since the US and Israel started bombing Iran two weeks ago, leaving beach bars, malls and hotels eerily empty
Never understood the fascination myself. Dust bowl with no natural beauty. Authoritarian government. So hot you can’t even go outside for half of the year and worst of all legalised slave labour. Wouldn’t live there if you paid me.
It’s shiny and wealthy.
Most people like shiny expensive things.
The cops drive Ferrari
Apparently Oman is the opposite, focusing on “authentic” tourism, and avoiding becoming a mass tourism trap.
Oman is all right, by Emirates standards.