Business Week reports on Dubai's Architectural Wonders. Dubai's oil is expected to run out in 2010 so they've been working hard to diversify their industries, including tourism. They have the world's first 7 star hotel and biggest man-made port. They will soon complete the worlds largest mall and tallest building.
"There's Hydropolis, an underwater hotel developed and designed by Germany's Joachim Hauser, scheduled to open at the end of 2007. And there's Palm Islands, a set of man-made resort islands shaped to look like a palm tree when seen from a jet, which will open later this year. This year the same developer will also complete The World, a series of manufactured residential islands that, when seen from above, resemble smaller versions of the seven continents. And speaking of space, the American firm Space Adventures (known for launching the first civilian orbital space flights) is developing the UAE spaceport, the first commercial spacecraft flight center in nearby emirate Ras Al-Khaimah, minutes away from Dubai."Check out the slideshow.
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