Means of Transportation in Dubai, UAE |
Posted: January 17, 2018 |
Dubai is a beautiful city and is center of attraction for the tourist because of its extravagant shopping malls, modernistic architecture and nightlife scenes. The dominated skyscraper-filled skyline is Burj Khalifa, a 830m tall tower. Other recreational places are an artificial island just offshore Atlantis, different resorts with water and marine animal parks. Dubai proved to be successful as a lead tourism destination in the global map by becoming the hub of magnetism for the tourists, businessmen, and shopping lovers. It provides different facilities to their tourists like modern infrastructure, means of communication and transportation. One cannot think tourist industry to flourish without the proper means of transportation. Because tourists actually want to visit those places where transportation facilities are provided well. In that sense, Dubai is facilitating tourist destinations with a huge variety of means of transportation: TaxiIn Dubai the most frequently utilized and famous means of transportation is taxi. It is the fastest way to connect with the different places and especially to the places where metro services cannot reach. Both private and government cab companies are operating in the city. Pink taxis are exclusively for women with a female driver. The most famous taxi stand is Deira. Online reservation and booking facility via phone call are provided. MetroThe Metro is considered to be the most comfortable and easiest way of transportation. In Dubai, there are two different metro lines working i.e. the green line and the red line. The green line departs from the Rashidiya to main city centre. Whereas, the red line runs from the Airport to Jebel Ali. There are also seperate metro cabins for women and children apart from other cabins. Car RentalIt is one of the fastest growing trends. Car rental in Dubai will help you to move around the city wherever and whenever you want. There is a huge variety of rental cars in Dubai. Car rental rates and availability varies with the car type. Small cars are cheap in comparison with luxury ones. Car rental services have different websites which facilitate the tourist and provide them with quick and easy online booking option. Abras and Water TaxisAbras is the traditional wooden boats which help to travel by water. It is the favourite mode of transportation among the tourist. In one day, there are 150 Abras crossing the creek water. Its fare varies from Dh. 1 to Dh. 100. Water taxis is one of the luxurious means of transportation. It has capacity of nearly 11 passengers and furnished with LCD screens, air conditioned cabins, etc. Its fare ranges from Dh.50 to Dh.570. For having a ride on the water taxis, passengers have to book early by using toll free phone number. Water taxis connect the passenger with different locations like Diera, Old Souq, Jebel Ali, etc. Transportation plays an integral part in the tourist industry. Comfortable and cheap means of transportation increase the convenience of tourist. Their satisfaction with the transport may influence the frequency of their visits.
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