
Dubai is a great place to relax on the beach, view the fanciest developments and shop to your hearts delight..be it in mega malls with world brands or the souqs in little alleys of the old town. Gulf News recently reported that Dubai is currently home to about 415 hotels and furnished apartments as of 2006, contributing about 40,000 rooms in various categories. Dubai also received about 6.5 million tourists in 2006, an increase of 400,000 over the last year. By the end of 2008, this number is set to increase by 22,000 rooms. By 2016, the number of hotel room is expected to almost 94,000. The single largest project is the Bawadi project in Dubailand, which will have 29,000 hotel rooms, including 6,500 in Asia-Asia, the worlds biggest hotel