Why not try holidaying near the tallest building in the world

Posted: November 15th, 2009 | Author: travel-people | Filed under: Destination Guides | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

Dubai wants everything, and they desire the best and biggest of everything that exists on the planet. Dubai is one of the richest countries in the world, and it is argued that it contains the richest people in the world as well. This is thought of by many as the Luxury capital of the world.

First of all Dubai wanted to create the most luxurious hotel on the entire planet. They built the stunning Burj Al Arab. This hotel reaches high up into the sky at around 341 metres in height. It was built resemble a sail on a Dhow, which is a type of Arabian vessel. Even the hotel itself is built upon a man made island. This self proclaimed 7 star hotels is the only one of it’s kind across the world, and when you can see what the rooms look like, its difficult to disagree with them. The Royal Suite at the Burj Al Arab will cost you around 28 thousand dollars. Considering the luxuriousness of this hotel, it probably won’t come as much of a surprise to hear that it has a 990,000 litre aquarium at the centre of it’s restaurant.

Next for the Big One, the building that had construction started in 2004 and is still not quite finished. The Burj Dubai is the tallest building in the world, standing close to 1km at 818 metres tall. The previous tallest building was the KVLY-TV mast which towered at just over 628 metres. I wouldn’t have thought that a building will be built higher than this for quite some time. With construction taking over 4 years, they are hoping to finish it by the end of 2009, although things may not go to plan. The average cost per square metre will cost in the region of 43,000 dollars, meaning the whole office will be around 1 million dollars upwards.

Dubai holidays are on the rise, but for those that want to travel here, make sure you save up a fair amount. Christmas holidays expect to benefit from this, but with competition from areas like Maldives holidays, they may have trouble getting the tourists.