HOW A DESERT CHANGE INTO LAND OF DREAMS/STORY OF DUBAI EXPLAINED/AK BLOGZZ

DUBAI-THE CITY WHICH HAS RISE FROM A DESERT,THE CITY WHICH BECAME THE FOOD BOWL OF STRUGGLING AND WORKING PEOPLE.

HOW DID A VILLAGE OF FISHERMEN BECAME THE CITY OF DREAMS?HOW DID IT BECAME ONE OF THE MOST LUXURIOUS CITY OF THESE WORLD?IN THESE SESSION,WE ARE GONNA LOOK INTO THE MAGNIFICENT AND WONDERFUL HISTORY OF DUBAI.WELCOME BACK GUYS,THESE IS YOUR AK.

DUBAI IS ONE OF THE EMIRATE OUT OF 7 IN U.A.E.IN THE OLDER TIMES,DUBAI WAS JUST ONLY  A FISHERMEN VILLAGE,CONSISTING OF NOTHING. IT WAS BEEN A VILLAGE BECAUSE OF THE OVER TEMPERATURE ABOUT 50 DEGREE CELSIUS IN THE SUMMER.SO THE PEOPLE HAD DIRECTLY DEPEND UPON THE SEA FOR THEIR SURVIVAL AND VERY OWN EXISTENCE.THEY MADE HOUSES OUT OF THE MATERIALS THEY GET FROM THE SEA.THEY HAD LIVED BY SELLING PEARLS AND PEARL PRODUCTS. A MAJOR FACT IS THAT THE 95% OF THE ANNUAL INCOME OF THE LATE DUBAI WAS DOMINATED BY THE SELLING OF PEARL PRODUCTS.IF WE VISIT ANY RURAL VILLAGE IN DUBAI PROVINCE,WE CAN SEE THAT THE HOUSES HAD BEEN MADE OUT OF THE PRODUCTS THEY GOT FROM THE SEA.IF WE LOOK INTO THE MATTER,THE PEOPLE OF LATE DUBAI HADN'T DONE ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT BUSINESS.

BUT A MAJOR FACT IS THAT THE CITY WAS LYING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF EASTERN AND WESTERN COUNTRY'S.THE BRITISH HAD FIND THAT MATTER AND THEY MADE DUBAI AS A BASE POINT DURING THEIR TRAVELS FROM LONDON TO MUMBAI.IN THAT TIME,BRITISHER'S SIGNED A PACT WITH THE RULING AL MAKTOUM  FAMILY.THE RULING FAMILY HAD ACCEPTED TO SIGN THE PACT BECAUSE OF A TRUST THAT THE BRITISHER'S WILL HELP THEM TO MODERNIZE DUBAI.BUT THE BRITISHER'S DOESN'T PROMOTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY. INSTEAD,THEY HAD ONLY MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRITISH INDIA.SOME OF THEM WERE THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAYS,CONSTRUCTION OF SOME MONUMENTS AND CITIES,ETC.....

SO,EVEN FACING THE NEGLECT FROM BRITISHER'S,AL MAKTOUM FAMILY HAD ENTRUSTED IN THEIR ONE AND ONLY VISION:DEVELOPMENT OF DUBAI.IN A VERY PROFESSIONAL POINT OF VIEW,THEY STARTED TO BRING MANY CHANGES IN DUBAI.

THE VERY FIRST INITIATIVE OF THE RULING FAMILY WAS TAX FREE LAW IN EARLY 1900S.THESE LAW MADE THE TRADING COMPANIES TO DO THE TRADE WITHOUT TAX.THROUGH THESE,MANY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSMAN'S CAME TO DO BUSINESS IN DUBAI.IT WAS ALSO THE "OLD" GEOGRAPHICAL FACTOR WHICH MADE BUSINESSMAN'S DUBAI ATTRACTIVE.SLOWLY SLOWLY,DUBAI STARTED TO GROW.

YEARS WENT LATER.IN 1959,KING RASHID AL MAKTOUM DECIDED TO GO FOR A EUROPEAN TRIP.

HE VISITED MANY WORLD CITIES LIKE  ROME,LONDON AND MANY MORE  AND STUDIED ABOUT THE FUNCTIONS OF THAT CITIES.HE HAD DONE SO THAT DUBAI CAN BE ALSO BE MADE MUCH FUNCTIONAL LIKE THE CITIES HE VISITED.IT'S SUCH A REALITY THAT THE WELL STRUCTURED POINT OF VIEW OF THE LEADERS OF DUBAI HAD MADE THE CITY SUCH PROSPEROUS AS WE SEE.HE ALSO STARTED TO DO LIKE SO.

THE FIRST MATTER HE BROUGHT UP WAS THE MAJESTIC DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

  THROUGH THESE,IN 1960S ITSELF,PEOPLES AND VISITORS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES CAN GET TO DUBAI VERY EASILY.

NEXT WE WILL GET TO THE PORT JEBEL ALI PORT.

HE DECIDED TO EXPAND THE LENGTH OF A CANAL NAMED DUBAI CREEK,WHICH WAS USED MAINLY FOR TRANSPORTATION,AND MAKE FACILITIES FOR SHIPS TO ENTER AND PARK THEM.WITH THAT,HE WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE JEBEL ALI PORT WITHIN 1979 AND IT WAS INAUGURATED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH.

WITHIN THESE,HE WAS ABLE TO INCREASE THE RATE OF IMPORT AND EXPORT.IF WE LOOKED OUT,JEBEL ALI PORT IS PRESENTLY ONE OF THE MOST BUSIEST PORT IN THESE WORLD.BUT DUE TO SUCH CONSTRUCTIONS,THE GOV.HAS FACED SOME FINANCIAL CRISIS.

IT WAS ON A SUCH A TIME,THAT OIL WAS FOUND IN SOME AREAS OF DUBAI.IT GIVE DUBAI SUCH A HUGE PLEASURE AND RELIEF.BUT CONTRASTING TO OTHER EMIRATES LIKE ABU DHABI,THE AMOUNT OF OIL WAS LESS IN DUBAI.SO HE UNDERSTOOD THAT IF THEY TRIED TO DEVELOP DUBAI FOR A LONG TIME WITH THE MONEY THEY GET FROM THESE OIL,IT WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT.SO HE DECIDED TO REINVEST THE INCOME THEY GET FROM OIL FOR VARIOUS OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES.THE DUBAI WORLD TRADE CENTER  WAS MADE IN SUCH A WAY.THAT TIME HAD BECAME THE TIME WHEN THE WORLD HAS EAGERLY SEEN DUBAI.

AFTER THE REIGN OF RAASHID AL MAKTOUM,HIS SON MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM HAD BECAME RULER.

HE HAD ALSO FOLLOWED HIS FATHER'S LEGACY.HE MADE AN EMPIRE IN DUBAI,ON THE FOUNDATION STONE HIS FATHER HAD PLACED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DUBAI.

IN 2010,THEY INAUGURATED EMIRATES TOWER.IN THAT TIME,IT WAS THE BIGGEST ONE COMPARED TO  THE WHOLE BUILDINGS EVER MADE IN EUROPEAN CITIES.

IN 2002,THEY TOOK A DECISION THAT THE FOREIGN PEOPLE CAN BUY LANDS IN DUBAI.WITHIN THESE,BUSINESSMAN'S STARTED TO SEE DUBAI AS A FUTURISTIC HUB FOR REAL ESTATE BUSINESS.AND MANY MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES STARTED TO BUY LANDS OF THEIR WISHES IN DUBAI.THEN THE WORLD SAW THAT MANY NEW PROJECTS STARTED TO GET SET UP IN DUBAI.ALONG WITH SUCH BUSINESSMAN'S,MANY WORKER'S AND LABOURER'S STARTED TO CAME TO DUBAI.

NOW IF WE LOOK,95% OF PEOPLE IN DUBAI ARE FOREIGNERS.THEY HAD CAME HERE FOR TO FIND THEIR FOOD.THE DUBAI GOV.SEE THEM AS THEIR GUESTS AND TREAT THEM WITH A GREAT HOSPITALITY.THEY HAD ARRANGED ALL THE FAVOURABLE FACILITY TO THEM.SO WITH THEIR GROWTH,WE ARE SEEING THE GROWTH OF DUBAI.IT HAD BECAME THE WORLD'S MOST SAFEST AND THE MOST RICHEST 11TH CITY OF THE WORLD.

IT'S THE FUTURISTIC MINDSET OF THE RULERS WHICH CREATED A BUSINESS AND TOURISM ECOSYSTEM IN DUBAI,WHICH IN TURN MADE DUBAI INTO THE LAND OF DREAMS AS WE SEE IT PRESENTLY.

 

ANOTHER INTERESTING MATTER IS THAT IF WE LOOK INTO THE LIST WORLD'S BEST 500 COMPANIES IN THE WORLD,140 OF THEM HAD MADE DUBAI AS THEIR HEADQUARTER.AND BECAUSE OF THAT,NOW DUBAI HAD BEEN TURNED INTO ONE OF THE MOST VISITED TOURIST HUB IN THESE WORLD.THE GOV.GET THEIR 11% OF THEIR INCOME FROM TOURISM.A PLACE WHICH WAS AVOIDED HAD BECAME THE LAND TO BE WANTED.

SO WE ARE JUST CONCLUDING ONE MORE SESSION.IF YOU WANT US TO SEND ANY FEEDBACK,SHARE IT ON THE COMMENT BOX OR SEND THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.SO TILL YOU SEE THE NEXT TIME,THESE IS YOUR AK,SIGNING OFF.BA BYE.....................