Introduction

Events

Key Attractons

DSF offers an array of entertainment for the whole family - children’s events, international fashion shows, visiting artists, streetside performances, nightly fireworks, musical shows, film festivals, numerous cultural events reflecting the emirate’s cosmopolitan character and record-busting feats.

Dubai is also the sports capital of the Middle East. The endless miles of clean beaches welcome sea and surf enthusiasts with water and jet skiing, sailing, cruising, fishing, diving and water aerobics. Other sports enthusiasts can tee off at two of Dubai’s picturesque golf courses, play an invigorating game of tennis or partake in some of local adventure experiences - dune bashing, dune driving, sand skiing and sand boarding.

The Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest horse race with a staggering US$12 million purse, is a central attraction during DSF. It attracts the world’s best thoroughbreds and thousands of celebrity visitors and racing enthusiasts.

Dubai’s culinary delights are legendary, as there are restaurants catering to residents of more than 150 nationalities. Visiting gourmets and connoisseurs of food can choose from a diverse range of restaurants, cafes, pubs and fast food outlets, for an unforgettable culinary experience.

Dubai Shopping Festival, launched in February 1996, has now firmly entrenched itself on the world map as an entertainment-cum-shopping mega-event. Its phenomenal success has been attributed to the unique synergy between the Government and the private sector in creating a high profile event which has become a major global brand in just four years, and given rise to many clones in the region.

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