Located in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai began to develop almost 50 years ago and has quickly become one of the richest cities in the world, as well as one of the most popular places to visit and live.
# 10 The booming real estate business
The real estate business in Dubai is growing so fast, that 24% of the total construction cranes in the world are in this city of the United Arab Emirates.
# 9 A true "royal suite"
The royal suite, something like the presidential suite of a five-star hotel, at the Burj Al Arab hotel (only seven stars in the world) costs $ 20,000 a night.
# 8 Approximately 80,000 million in real estate projects
Currently there are real estate projects in Dubai whose total cost is about 80,000 million dollars.
# 7 Snow in the desert
It does not matter that there is no winter in Dubai, as the city is home to Ski Dubai, the first resort in the world to ski in the snow.
# 6 A great jewelry center
Dubai is the center of jewelery trade in the Middle East. During the year 2013, gold was sold in the order of 75,000 million dollars.
# 5 Solar energy in Dubai
Despite being a major oil exporter, Dubai is the largest solar energy investor in the world.
# 4 A diverse population
The 85 percent of the population residing in Dubai is foreign. The majority of it comes from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
# 3 A luxury police force
You could say that the Dubai police are "luxury". It has a multimillion-dollar fleet of expensive sports cars such as Lamborghini, Ferrari and Bentley.
# 2 The tallest building in the world
The Burj Khalifa building in Dubai is the largest man-made structure with an altitude of 2,717 feet (828.14 meters).
# 1 One of the safest cities in the world
Dubai is one of the safest cities in the world, given that crime rates are almost non-existent.
