On indoor ski: The Hilton Hotel & Beach Club In DubaiBy Andrew Dubai has rapidly risen through the ranks to become one of the world’s top tourist destinations thanks to a number of diverse factors, not least of which includes a recent and sustained period of heavy investment in the construction of residential, holiday and commercial properties in the Emirate. Interesting article on indoor ski: Pleasures Of Antique And Contemporary Bur Dubai Hotels Five-tonne bags of sand have been strategically positioned 100 metres from the shore in a protective arc known as a groyne to prevent the destruction of the Umm Suqeim beach, which has many houses behind it under real threat from the coastal erosion. As well as the groynes, sand is being deposited by engineers as quickly as it is being washed away by the seas with over 500,000 cubic metres poured on existing beaches by the coastal management department. The coastal zone stretches from the Abu Dhabi border in the south to the Emirate of Sharjah in the north, passing through the City of Dubai, and it is this entire stretch of approximately 70 kilometres that is under observation by the engineers. But, as they point out the erosion is nothing new, it has always affected the coast. However, due to the massive programme of construction that has seen many new properties being built close to the sea, it is now becoming a threat to those hotels, houses and holiday homes. Indeed, another concern of the engineers is that the building of the mega projects off the coast of Dubai, such as The World, are actually increasing the effect of the onshore erosion. They are calling for any development, whether it is a one-off new luxury beach hotel in Dubai or a mega project built off-shore to be assessed for its likely impact on the region's beaches. As they point out, the beaches are one of the major reasons why millions of tourists are flocking to the region in the first place, so they should ensure that further development does not affect them too adversely. . Another decent article on indoor ski: Gordon Ramsay Cooks Up A Storm In Dubai Off-site
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