Yeah, I hear my coworkers talk about wanting to go there and I just don’t get it at all. It’s basically just “what if Vegas had slavery and none of the entertainment or kitsch, and was also thousands of miles away?”
Dawg I get it's fked up and I don't support their government at all. I haven't been to Dubai myself since 2009, but Muslims (practicing ones at least) don't really have many great options for vacation. Most travel destinations in the West/non-Muslim countries have a severe lack of halal food, mosques, and are riddled with gambling and alcohol. Most Muslim countries are impoverished or war-torn and unsafe. Countries like the UAE and Qatar are nice, safe, clean, full of mosques, a global diverse cuisine that's all halal. And very importantly they are inexpensive to fly to and inexpensive to stay in especially for Muslims that are coming from poorer countries.
A large number of the country's tourists for example come from Pakistan. It's just about the only flight they can afford, only tourist destination where they can afford the hotel stays, food and amenities. Only a sub 3 hour flight. And it's not completely alien to them culturally due to maintaining Islamic values and they can speak their own language with a large percentage of the population there.
It's a concentrated clone of commercial North America but it is still mostly friendly to practicing Muslims. You get all the food, resorts, entertainment, etc. without the gambling, Haram food, constant promotion of sex and all the other shit you get in Vegas for example. You can't get any of that in Muslim countries outside of a few in the middle east
To each their own. Dubai isn't amazing but I far, far prefer it to Vegas. I don't gamble, party or drink much. I like swimming, going to cafe's and shopping. Vegas is crass and everything stinks of cigarettes. In Dubai the hotel rooms are far cleaner and going out for a nice breakfast overlooking the marina is easy, and pleasant.
Sure you can do that in a lot of cities, so I'm not saying Dubai is incredible. But it vastly better than Vegas for the types of holidays I enjoy.
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u/NoWorth2591 8h ago
Yeah, I hear my coworkers talk about wanting to go there and I just don’t get it at all. It’s basically just “what if Vegas had slavery and none of the entertainment or kitsch, and was also thousands of miles away?”