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As per written accounts, Dubai was made-up to be in subsistence even previous to the configuration of United Arab Emirates, for as long as 150 years. But at that time, the countryside of this city was that of an squalid desert, where the Bedouin tribes could live. Only a stream of water, a plea for a creek, proved to be the salvation. The camel was the only means of transport. It was only nearer to the 19th century that Dubai came into picture as travelers passing beside the trading route that linked Mesopotamia to the Indus Valley, built it into a center of sorts. Soon, signs of society grew, beginning with the fishing village at the stream. It was then that the Bani Yas tribe came to inhabit here, and the leader family, the Maktoums, established their restraint in this desert land, and the reign continues to decree over Dubai even today.
Dubai is more international in its demographic makeup than any other city in the world, and the original Emirati inhabitants account for only a quarter of Dubai's populace. Today, Dubai, as a tourist destination, boasts of some of the most stunning and colossal structures, that has been attracting people from all over to view man made creation in its full splendor. And it appears that making grandiose, striving plans is almost a proclivity, or fetish, for the rulers of this emirate. If Burj Arab wears the crown of being the biggest tower in the entire world, the man made islands, called as the 'Three Palms and the World', is a fantastic creation by itself. Tourism has come to give almost 30% to the GDP of Dubai, and it looks like for countless travelers, natural wonders have taken a back seat, when Dubai and its mock magic is in questions.
