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Even at the stage of preparation for the trip, I long and hard tried to find at least some reliable information about how the inhabitants of the United Arab Emirates celebrate the New Year, whether any events are held on the festive night, what leisure options our tour operators offer on this wonderful holiday but found nothing!
Miracles, and nothing more… It would seem that so many people go to the UAE in winter, and no one bothered to write anything about it. I even asked the corresponding question on Turister in the "Questions and Answers" section, but no one answered it. I had to ask for help from the travel agency through which we organized the tour. But they also could not tell me anything or advise. Even a call to a TezTour representative did not add clarity. Everyone had the same answer - in the UAE, the New Year is not massively celebrated, except for the fact that festive tables and entertaining animations are organized in hotels. This all discouraged us a little, but since there was no other information, we believed it, but in vain - in fact, everything turned out to be completely different!
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Moreover, I still have a feeling of some kind of conspiracy of our tour operators who are deliberately trying to deceive Russian-speaking tourists and are doing everything so that they stay to celebrate the New Year in their hotels, at events organized by these offices themselves. I have never seen anything like this before - all representatives of travel agencies, guides, drivers will shamelessly lie to you, thereby trying by any means to drag you to their festive banquet, describing what wonderful performances there will be, delicious food and a wonderful festive atmosphere. They will unanimously assert that there will be nothing interesting in Dubai on the festive night. Maximum - some frail, unremarkable salute. Never trust them!!! All who succumbed to these persuasions were then extremely disappointed! We were told a lot of "terrible" stories when people paying very decent money received an inedible buffet, which was enough for a maximum of 40 minutes of celebration, and then people sat all night without food and drinks. I don’t talk about alcohol at all ... they say that on the table for six people the maximum that was was a couple of bottles of cheap champagne and a bottle of vodka. Friends complained about the disgusting animation or its complete absence. In general, do not settle for this option, or your vacation will be completely ruined! The only exceptions are such elite hotels as Parus or Atlantis.
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“What then to do? Where to celebrate?”, you ask. Well, I will try to offer you several options, and also tell you about the difficulties that you may encounter along the way ...
The first, and perhaps the most advantageous option, in my opinion, is to celebrate the New Year in the very center of Dubai near the famous Burj Khalifa skyscraper. Here, on New Year's Eve, the city authorities organize a fireworks display of fantastic beauty!
But not everything is as simple as it seems at first glance ... If you live near the center of Dubai, then there will be no particular problems, but if you live somewhere in Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, or other emirates, then everything is much more complicated. The fact is that starting from the middle of the day on December 31st, hundreds of thousands of tourists and expats are trying to get into Dubai. Huge traffic jams are formed in which you can stand for several hours, but still not get to the place you need. It often happens that after leaving at six in the evening, tourists do not get to Burj Khalifa by midnight and they have to celebrate the New Year somewhere on the road, because all the highways are tightly packed.
Therefore, if you live in Sharjah, it is better to do this - go on a morning excursion to Abu Dhabi that day, and on the way back get off in Dubai, take a walk around it, and in the late afternoon go to take places closer to the place of the future show. But remember, the later you come here, the less convenient places you will take. Still, each of the million people gathered there will try to take the most advantageous position for viewing. It's going to be an insane mess!
Burj Khalifa can also be reached in another way - for example, by subway. There will also be a lot of people here, but at least you will be sure that you will get to the city center on time. Another problem will be that if you haven't booked a table in some nearby restaurant for several months, then for the rest of the night you will have nowhere to stumble, and it will be difficult to leave the city. Theoretically, of course, you can go by metro, but the nearest station on New Year's Eve usually does not work and you have to walk to the one located in the financial center of Dubai. But no one knows how long you will stand in line there, because a lot of other people will try to leave the center. Therefore, think over in advance your cultural program after the end of the main event of the evening.
Another option for celebrating the New Year can be to book a table at one of the famous hotels in the United Arab Emirates. True, you will have to pay quite serious money for this pleasure. For example, our friends spent New Year's Eve at the Atlantis Hotel. According to them, it was not bad at all, though they got there with great difficulty. There was no way to get to the hotel by car and they had to walk for quite some time on their own. The festive show at this hotel includes not only beautiful fireworks, but also performances by various famous artists and DJs. To give you an idea of what is happening there, I found a couple of related videos on YouTube:
At the Burj Al Arab (Sail) hotel, too, they say, you can celebrate the holiday with pleasure, but according to rumors, the prices there are exorbitant, although who knows, maybe this is not entirely true. Here I can’t say anything definite, because the only thing I heard was the conversations of several people I didn’t know on this topic. In any case, they liked the New Year's show there:
Sometimes, when discussing the New Year, tourists also mention the fireworks in Sharjah. But, frankly, according to our friends, it is so miserable that it should not be considered as an alternative to the previously described salutes at all. These are just a few volleys, which are generally few from anywhere and can be seen. That's about all I wanted to tell you. Happy New Year to you!!!
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All photos and videos used in this part of the story are not my materials, but are borrowed from the World Wide Web. I do not indicate links to specific resources, because their original source is unknown to me. The photos were found using Google Images and the videos were taken from YouTube.
Traditionally, the New Year in the United Arab Emirates is celebrated with a wide feast and is celebrated during the first two weeks of January. It is typical for the indigenous inhabitants of the Emirates to finish dinner with the last chimes, which for a long time was reflected in the opening hours of restaurants in resort towns, which began to close at 12 o’clock. Over time, the owners of the hotel business took into account the peculiarities of the Russian people, for whom the main festivities, on the contrary, begin after midnight. Most hotels hold a special holiday program designed for Russian tourists, with competitions, songs, dances and the obligatory participation of Father Frost and the Snow Maiden. The event comes to an end at the beginning of 3-4 am. When purchasing a ticket to the Emirates for New Year's Eve from a travel operator or booking a hotel room on your own, be sure to check whether the festive program held at the hotel provides for the opportunity to watch the fireworks.
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Extraordinary New Year's Eve in the Emirates
For adventure lovers who can remember New Year's Eve for a lifetime, the UAE offers a lot of unusual places:
A distinctive feature of the celebration of the New Year in the UAE is the world-class fireworks, which is included in the Guinness Book of Records by the number of volleys. Fireworks are traditionally launched in the area of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and the Burj Al Arab hotel on Jumeirah Beach. Those wishing to celebrate the New Year under deafening volleys begin to gather on the beach at about 19:00; by 23:00, it is almost impossible to find a convenient place from where the salute will be seen in all its glory. Every year, a special musical accompaniment is developed to launch the salute. After the final salvo, a 10-minute performance is held using laser special effects. The rest of the Emirates also celebrate the New Year, but on a smaller scale. Another fireworks display that may be worth seeing is being launched in Abu Dhabi. In all other regions, the salute is identical in scale to those launched by residents of Russian cities in their yards.
New Year in Dubai, video:
Features of New Year's Eve in the Emirates
When planning to celebrate the New Year in the UAE, be sure to consider the features that are typical for the night from December 31 to January 1:
- Transport. If the accommodation hotel is located far from the center of Dubai or in a completely different area, be sure to consider how to get to and from the New Year celebration site. On the eve of the holiday, most of the roads in the Emirates are filled with traffic jams, where you can stand for several hours. Experts recommend giving preference to the subway.
- Alcohol. Drinking alcohol in the UAE on the street is prohibited, even on New Year's Eve. In Sharjah, there is a “dry law”, according to which it is impossible not only to drink alcohol, but also to appear drunk in public places and on the streets. Otherwise, tourists face a fine, up to deportation from the country.
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A popular option for celebrating the New Year in Dubai is a Persian Gulf cruise. You can join a group voyage or rent a yacht on your own and celebrate the holiday in a narrow circle. One of the advantages of the cruise is that fireworks are clearly visible from the water.
As early as January 1, the Dubai Shopping Festival begins, lasting throughout the month. Almost any product can be bought with discounts of up to 90%, including jewelry, which is sold here in large quantities and in a wide range. Sales are a nice addition to the New Year's Eve, as are numerous excursions and entertainment.
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- Where to stay: In numerous and varied, but consistently high-quality hotels in the most "golden", noisy and pompous emirate of Dubai. Having said to yourself “to walk - so to walk!”, You can go straight to the islands of Dubai, which is in the elite district of Jumeirah - local hotels jump over all known “star” marks. For lovers of "excursion" and Arabic flavor, we will advise Bur Dubai with its abundance of attractions, but in Deira it will be comfortable for cosmopolitans - there are a lot of modern skyscrapers here.
- What to see: The tallest building in the world, many mosques, the ancient buildings of the Bastakiya district, wind and watchtowers, the “sail” of the Borj Al Arab hotel, water parks, dancing fountains, shopping centers ... in short, everything you can think of is there v
In the United Arab Emirates, the New Year is celebrated according to two calendars: secular and Muslim. The secular New Year is celebrated along with the rest of the world on January 1, but the Muslim, Al-Hijara, in accordance with the chronology based on the lunar cycles, "floats" throughout the year. In 2016, it fell on October 3rd, and in 2017, on September 22nd.
"Hijara" in Arabic means "resettlement". In the meaning of this word lies the central event that marked the beginning of the Muslim chronology. According to Islamic historical sources, on July 16, 622 according to the Julian calendar, the Muslim community of the city of Mecca, fleeing from opponents of the faith, was forced to abandon all their property and move to Yathrib, later renamed Medina. It was from this place that Islam spread throughout the world. The symbolic meaning of the holiday of Al-Hijar lies in the voluntary rejection of material values in favor of serving Allah. The magnificent and stormy Muslim New Year is not celebrated in the United Arab Emirates, the first day of the first month of the year - Muharram - is devoted to prayer, going to the mosque, good deeds and family meetings. Recently, it has become customary to congratulate relatives and friends, give cards and symbolic gifts. The first ten days of Muharram, one of the four holy months of the year, is a very important time when it is customary to make marriages and start new meaningful things.
Secular New Year, celebrated on the night of January 1, in the UAE, they celebrate mainly for the sake of numerous tourists and emigrants living in the country. One of the most popular offers of the tourism industry, which is flourishing in the country, are New Year's tours. Hotels prepare banquets with their own performances and fireworks, discounts begin in stores, and if you linger a little, you can visit a shopping festival. But the opinion that, in addition to a holiday in a hotel, to find a worthy occupation on New Year's Eve night is impossible - erroneously.
In the center of the largest and most luxurious city in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai, at the famous Burj Khalifa, Every year, the city authorities arrange a fireworks display of fantastic beauty. The only thing that should not be forgotten when gathering for this magnificent celebration, for example, from neighboring emirates, is that at the same time the city center can flood about a million people and flock there human flows will begin as early as the afternoon of the 31st, forming many kilometers of traffic jams. Another no less colorful spectacle is the enchanting Jumana show, which takes place in the middle of the desert. These are laser and pyrotechnic special effects and a bewitching performance of actors, dancers, acrobats, trained horses and camels.
The Arabian winter for a European or Russian is distinguished by a very comfortable temperature: + 23- + 28 degrees Celsius. The water in the Persian Gulf most often also stays in the region of 23-25 degrees. So in the absence of stormy weather, New Year's days can be safely spent on the beach. Among other cultural features of the way of life of the United Arab Emirates, which a foreigner simply needs to know about, are a special dress code that does not imply open and defiant clothing, the presence of dry law in some emirates, the need to definitely agree to an invitation to visit and many others.
As you know, The UAE is a country that always wants to be #1 in everything and constantly surprises with its luxury and scope.
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