Questions About Dubai Travel Tourism

Donald asks…

Need a Tourism issue in Dubai.?

For my Travel and Tourism class, i was allowed to choose a country or region that has a travel issue (ie. Sex tourism, garbage disposal from tourists, culture interference from tourists.) I need some help.

admin answers:

Issues available:

1. Sex tourism: whether you like it or not, Dubai is the centre of sex tourism in the region with prostitutes from all over the world, including, believe it or not, the UK and the US (I mean white women, not "ethnic Americans and British!).

2. Socio-cultural issues: affect of increased tourst numbers on the culture and on the social status

3. Negative perceptions of tourists by the UAE nationals.

4. Relation of tourism with neo-colonialsim; check out scholarly and specialised books and you will find abundance of information.

5. Economic effect: most people think that tourism is a great economy, but actually in the Third World (UAE included) it's very fragile. Example: since most tourists are from the west (80 to 90%) and now there is an economic recession in the west, tourists will no longer come, which will compromise the economy very much.

6. Tourists overtaking places from the local population: how many UAE families do you find on the Beach in Jumeirah?

7. Commodification of the local heritage.

8. An important issue is the fact only 700 UAE nationals work in the tourism industry in Dubai, which has thousands of workers. In other industries it's around 9% and in government authorities it's more. That means that the tourism industry is the least industry that benefits the locals, so it really does not seem to make sense to them.

I can give you more, but I think you can find quite a lot here.

Very useful books to check out would be:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tourism-Sustainability-Development-Globalization-Third/dp/0415414024/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3444NW5BJWWXQ&colid=21ID5NA6KJRS9

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tourism-Politics-Frameworks-Realities-Advances/dp/008045075X/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I11FC5D50CQ3KK&colid=21ID5NA6KJRS9

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tourism-Middle-East-Continuity-Transformation/dp/1845410505/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225876559&sr=1-1

You can also check out Annals of Tourism Research, great journal.
Http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01607383

Steven asks…

How frequent is a flight available from the UK to Dubai?

I am currently studying travel and tourism and need to know this to put in my assignment

admin answers:

The following airlines fly LHR to DXB nonstop on a Saturday
A trial search was made for 14Mar, Sat
British Airways 4 flights
Emirates Airlines 5 flights
Royal Brunei 1 flight
Singapore Airlines 1 flight
Virgin Atlantic 1 flight
Total 12 flights (nonstop)
Apart from London Heathrow, Emirates Airlines flies nonstop to Dubai from London Gatwick (LGW), Birmingham (BHX) and Manchester (MAN).
You can browse the search engines in the website referred below.

Charles asks…

Can anyone tell me which country is the best destination to travel to?

I'm doing a project on tourism and I want to know which country is known as the high destination country. something other than dubai, australia? or is australia a good place for me to write about? cheers
i just came across france being the popular destination, what do guys think? that a good place to talk about?

admin answers:

Canada's a good plce to write about, a little quieter than the USA

Michael asks…

anyone works in DUBAI????

i always wanted to work in dubai like maybe as a stewardess or as a hotel reception..or ..or anything with traveling to do...or tourism...

is their anyone in here who works in dubai
something to do with hospitality or tourism?

how did u get this job?
tell me more about ur job...

thanks

admin answers:

Best places to work in with less headache are the 5 star hotels and equivalent or with major airlines.
Try to approach them directly, check their websites for vacancies and newspapers for available jobs
However, you need to be present in the country in case they call you for interview.
Newspapers websites are
www.gnads4u.com
www.khaleejtimes.com
For hotels try to google them

Lisa asks…

How frequent is a flight available from the UK to Dubai?

I am currently studying travel and tourism and need to know this to put in my assignment

admin answers:

British Airways offers flights everyday.

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