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Dubai is a country that belongs to the group of the seven United Arab Emirates or UAE.

LOCATION:  Arabian Peninsula, Persian Golf

ECONOMY: The economy of Dubai is nowadays based on tourism and financial services, but also on oil industry which was the basis of Dubai`s economy in the past. Dubai became the second major emirate after Abu Dhabi and has veto power that means a great influention in the country`s legislature.

Often called Dubai state, this city became a real business hub, a global city, a capital of  world`s business…

Nationalities in Dubai:

* Arab (26%) – 17%  from UAE

*Indian (42.4%)

*Pakistani (13.2%)

*Bangladeshi (7.5%)

*Filipino (2.5%)

*Sri Lankan (1.5%)

*European (1%)

* American (0.3%)

* from other countries (5.7%)

Dubai is called ‘the shopping capital of the Middle East’ because is has more than 75 shopping malls. The most impressive shopping mall is Dubai Mall which is the world`s largest one. ~One of the reasons you should visit Dubai ~

People are friendly and sellers consider that having a good relation with customers and friendly negociate the pricies with them are  very important in order to run a successfull business~they are certainly right and it`s likely that this business strategy will bring them great benefits on long term~

Dubai is also known as ‘ the City of  Gold’  having a impressive number of gold retail shops (240-250)

PLACES TO GO :

• Creekside Park
• Safa Park
• Al Mumzar Beach Park
• Mushrif Park
• Wild Wadi Water Park
• Wonderland Amusement Park

TUNISIA

MOTTO :’ حرية، نظام، عدالة’  = ‘LIBERTY, ORDER, JUSTICE’

The capital city of Tunisia is Tunis and the official language is arabic.

MAJOR CITIES:

* Tunis (with a population of almost 3 980 600)

*Sfax (277 277  inhabitants)

*Sousse ( 163 123 inhabitants)

*Kairouan (119 794 inhabitants)

*At Tadaman( 118 488 inhabitants)

TUNISIAN FESTIVALS:

*Matmata Festival in March

*Festival Oriljazz in April

*Festival ”Tozeur, the Oriental, the African” in April

*International Spring Festival, called Sbeitla, in  April

*Arab Poetry Festival, Tozeur, in  April

*Carthage Jazz Festival Gammarth in April

*Tozeur`s International Oasis Festival in December

*Techno House Festival, Gammarth, in  December

*Caravana Latina Festival in December

*Traditional Saharan Festival , Douz, in December

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS:

*Tunis, the largest city, a cosmopolitan area

*The ruins of Carthage

*The quartes of Jerba ( Muslim and Jewish)

*Sousse Monastir Mahdia

*Nabeul Hammamet

*Djerba Zarzis

*Tunis Zaghouan

*Tabarka Ain Draham

In 2000 almost 5, 060,000  tourists came to Tunisia. A large number of tourists come from E Europe.

Nationalities of major tourist countries:

*Libyans (1 472 422 visitors)

*French (1 234 760 visitors)

*Algerians (945 328 visitors)

*Germans (547 409 visitors)

*Italians (464 326 visitors)

*British (350 694 visitors)

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

In TUNIS

*Le Bardo, Bardo National Museum

*Medina

In EL DJEM

*Amphitheater

In BIZERTE

*Old Harbour (Vieux Port)

*Lake Ichkeul

In MAHDIA

*Black Gate, Skifa el Kahla

*Great Mosque

In SFAX

*Archeological Museum

*Folk Museum

*Medina, Bab Diwan

Las Vegas

NICKNAMES:

*The Entertainment Capital of the World

*Sin City

*Capital of Second Chances

*The Marriage Capital of the World

LOCATION : Nevada, Clark County

POPULATION : 558, 384

Las Vegas became a city in 1911.

Tourists go to Las Vegas for it`s hotels and casinos.

LAS VEGAS – Tourist attractions

* Art Museum

*Monorail

*Liberace Museum

*Pueblo Park

*Aladdin Resort

*Bellagio Resort

*Hard Rock Hotel

*Desert Inn

*Imperial Palace

*Las Vegas Hilton

*Luxor Hotel

*MGM Grand Hotel

*Mandalay Bay

*Monte Carlo

*Paris Hotel

* Riviera Hotel

*New York-New York Hotel

*Sahara Hotel

*Stardust Hotel

*Venetian Hotel

*Sega Gameworks

*Caesars Palace

*Stratosphere Tower

*Fremont Street Experience

*Encore

*Casino Royale

*California Casino

*California Hotel

*El Cortez

*Four Queens

*Las Vegas Club

*Fremont Casino

*Golden Nugget

*Main Street Casino

*Golden Gate Hotel

*Golden Gate Casino

*Fitzgeralds Las Vegas

*Binion`s  Gambling Hall

*Binion`s Gambling Hotel

Las Vegas has dozens of parks such as Las Vegas Springs Preserve and Floyd Lamb State Park.

Casinos that never opened:

*Beau Rivage

* Caribbean Casino

*Desert Kingdom

*DeVille Casino

*Sunrise

*Titanic

*Moon Resort and Casino

*Jockey Club and Casino

*Crown Las Vegas

*Cascada

*Montreux resort

*Countryland USA

*Playboy Hotel and Casino

*London Resort and Casino

*Harley-Davidson Hotel and Casino

*Palace of the Sea Resort and Casino

Bora Bora- the island created by the gods

Located in the Pacific Ocean, Bora Bora is the municipality of the Leeward Islands. The largest city is Vaitape which has a population of almost 4,928 inhabitants.

The basis of the economy of this island is tourism. people there speak French or Tahitian, but because of tourism they can speak English with tourists.

Who visits this island?

Most of the tourists are european, american or japanese.

The highest point in Bora Bora is Mount Otemanu.

THINGS TO DO :

* explore the ocean

*boat rides

*sailing

*diving

*shopping

*visit Matira Beach – one of the top famous beaches in the world; it`s located in the south of the island

*Bloody Mary`s restaurant

*Parasailing

*guided hikes to Mount Pahia and Mount Otemanu

* organised sunset cruise with singers and dancers

*exploring the ancient temples which lie along the coast

*horse riding

*fishing

*visit Bora Bora Safari Land

*aquabike adventure

*Marae Temples- were used by Polynesians for ceremonies (religious, cultural)

*spectacular Polynesian Dance -it`s performed at most of the island`s hotels and resorts

*Lagoonarium- it`s the famous blue lagoon; an outdoor aquarium wirh many species of fish and turtles… BE CAREFULL! THERE ARE ALSO MANY SPECIES OF SHARKS!

PALMA DE MALLORCA

LOCATION : Spain

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES : Spanish, Catalan

POPULATION :300,000

Its official name is Palma and it is the major city on the island of Mallorca and the capital of the Balearic Islands and was founded in 123 BC.

TOURISTIC SIGHTS

* La Seu -a gothic cathedral, built on the site of an arab mosque; it was founded by King James I of Aragon in 1230, but it was finished only in 1600

*Bellver Castle- it means the castle of beautiful view; it`s unique in Spain because it has a circular architecture; it attracts people who want to enjoy the sight of Palma Bay; the easiest way to get there is to take a taxi

*Beaches of Mallorca- 300 days of sunshine a year! Magaluf is the largest beach, but Mallorca has beaches all over it`s coastline. (Illetes, Palma Nova, Paguera, Camp de Mar, Sant Elm, Cala Tuent, Cala d`or, Es Trenc…)

*Sierra de Tramuntana -  Puig Mayor-  1446 m above sea level it`s the highest point in Palma; it has few visitors because tourists are more attracted by beaches and they seem not willing to leave the beaches sight in order to see the mountains

*Caves of Drach- located in Portocristo; it`s one of the island most visited places; other spectacular caves are the Caves of Hams and the Caves of Arta.

Marakesh

COUNTRY : MOROCCO

REGION:  Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz

PROVINCE: Province of Marrakech

POPULATION IN 2004 : 1,070,839

Marakesh is an imperial city of Morocco and it is also known as the Red City. Its name is probably derived from mur (n) akush which means in berber language Land of Divinity. The name of this city is spelled different in several languages: in French-Marrakech, in English-Marrakech or Marrakesh, Marakeș in Turkish, Marrakesch in German.

TOURISTIC SIGHTS IN MARRAKECH

*Ourika River`s valley (Atlas Mountains)

*Draa River ( In South, near Sahara)- Morroco`s longest river, it measures 23,000 square km

* The Waterfalls of Beni Mellal (Atlas Mountains)

*Essaouira (Atlantic Ocean) an isolated city

* Djemaa el Fna -the largest traditional market, one of the busiest areas

PALACES IN MARRAKECH

* El Badi Palace

*Royal Palace( Dar el Makhzen)

*Bahia Palace

MUSEUMS

* Dar si Said Museum

*Marrakech Museum

*Islamic Art Museum

TOURISTIC PLACES

*Place Djemaa el Fna – the largest square in Africa

*El Mashwar

*El Moussalla

*Place Bab Doukkala

*Charles de Foucald`s square

*Place de la Liberte

*Place du 16 Novembre

*Place des Ferblantieres

*Place Sidi Ahmed El Kamel

*Place Youssef Ben Tachfine

*Place Mourabiten

*Bir Anzaran Square

PARKS

*Annakhil: Palm Grove

*Aarssat Elhamed

*Aarssat Moulay Abdessalam

*Aarssat Elbilk

*Bab Errab Garden

*Menara gardens

*Agdal Gardens

Marakesh