In recent news Dubai has built the worlds tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. The Burj Khalifa stands at 2,625 feet and is more than 160 stories, in comparison it is about 7 football fields tall. The Burj Khalifa includes a hotel, condos, offices, and shopping centers.
This building symbolizes the progress that Dubai is making into changing its country into a global tourism center. Dubai's economy success is no longer based solely on its oil reserves, but now it is also successful in becoming a tourism epicenter. The ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is turning Dubai into a tourism destination so that when its oil supply runs out, Dubai's economy is still prospering.
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Moaktoum I believe is a brilliant business man. The new tower is a symbol of what he has done for the saudi territory. The building itself from my understand brought in contractor and builders from all around the world and is actually suppose to be a statement for Dubai prospering to be an econimic leader much like are twin towers were like to us. The Burj Khalifa from my own look at it, is a marvel in every way and the profits from building the tower were already guaranteed before it was built.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. To be completely honest, before reading your blogs I did not know much of anything at all about Dubai. The Burj Khalifa makes quite a statement for Dubai and is a very impressive looking structure. It is very smart of Dubai's ruler to take preparation for when the countries oil reserves inevitably run out and the country will need to rely on a different source of revenue.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post, the the Burj Khalifa looks humongous, I didn't notice the small buildings next to it! Even thought there in the US we have a bad economy I don't doubt that some of the people around the world who do have money are already plan to rent condos or offices there. It looks beautiful, this will help Dubai's economy because if I remember correctly you said something about their oil is running out.
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ReplyDeleteI really liked this post. I thought Dubai already had the tallest building? I think the way Dubai's economy is going is good. hopefully i can learn a lot more about Dubai from reading your blog looking forward to the next post!!!
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