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Dubai Shopping
October 5th, 2009 | Author: admin
Dubai Shopping Festival
Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) started on February 15, 1996 as a retail event intended to revitalise retail trade in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It has since been promoted as a tourist attraction. This yearly month long event is usually scheduled during the first quarter of the year, attracting about 3 million people to Dubai.
During Dubai Shopping Festival, shops offer deep discounts on their merchandise, daily car raffles are drawn, and fireworks light Dubai’s night sky. Tourists from all around the world are lured not only for Dubai’s tax free shopping, but also for all of the events that take place during the festival. In 2005, the festival was cancelled due to the death of Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. In addition to Dubai Shopping Festival, Dubai also hosts Dubai Summer Surprises.
Dubai is sometimes called the ‘city of gold’. The city of gold concept was coined during one of the Dubai Shopping Festival awareness campaigns, In 1996, Dubai invited everyone from all around the world to a global annual festival which came to be named as the milestone “Dubai Shopping Festival” or DSF, they came up with the novel idea of a global village, a shopping village was conceived with all nations participating with their wares and styles in their traditional or cultural ways, the immigrant ex pat population and the fly in visitors rejoiced in the celebration that took place and the promise was given that from then on every year Dubai will host a festival for people from all around the world. The years that followed brought in more visitors more exhibitors and now the stage was set to build on the reputation of hospitality.
Dubai shopping festival was segregated into many major attractions all with one purpose, to have as many ways of entertaining the guests to the city, and catering to each and every individual segment’s visiting from around the world, the loyalty of the local expatriate populations definitely finds a reason to become even more attached to the city that brings to them their own culture every year.
Dubai Shopping Festival plays a vital role in Dubai’s tourism industry. Apart from the direct impact it has on the tourism industry, Dubai Shopping Festival also contributes its share of importance into the nervous system of the emirate. With the rise of the number of visitors to Dubai for Dubai Shopping Festival, lots of potential immigrant talent and investment get to experience the luxury of Dubai.
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Singapore Shopping
October 5th, 2009 | Author: admin
Singapore Shopping Festival
The Great Singapore Sale was first held 12 years ago. Since then it has gained strength, support and sponsors from year to year and today is an important landmark on the Singapore calendar. It has become an annual Singapore shopping festival with sale all over the island in the month of June and July.
Today the Singapore Sale is akin to other retail festivals like the Singapore Fashion Festival, the Singapore Jewelfest and Singapore Food Festival.
The Most Affordable Shopping Destination
Did you know that Singapore emerged as the most affordable shopping destination in the Asia Pacific region, according to an international survey! No wonder then that Singapore is Asia’s Shopping Capital!
These festivals are held to attract the top tourist dollar. Another interesting fact is that tourists spent 50% of their holiday budgets on shopping in Singapore alone! With tough competition from other Asian countries, Singapore has constantly innovated to come out with a winning formula when it comes to Shopping Sales and festivals.
Now tourists who spend above $300 a day can partake of lucky dips where they can win foot massages, to relieve their aching feet. Another interesting aspect of the Singapore Sale is the Singapore Showcase where one can buy Uniquely Singapore souvenirs and gift items.
The Singapore shopping festival is never a standalone festival – at any given time there are numerous performances, events and attractions to enthrall the mall rat. You can shop at malls which are also open for late night shopping. Top that up with a fabulous dinner at any of Singapore’s eating joints and you have a perfect day!
Shop with Peace of Mind
One area of shopping in Singapore is that you are assured of a decent quality of merchandise and service. The country’s stringent laws make it a customer’s delight and there are adequate forums to seek redressal for defective goods and services.
With the biggest brands available in Singapore, there is no need to zip down to Italy or France. Just come to the Singapore and shop to your heart and wallet’s content!