Dubai is one of the main emirates of the UAE and is primarily a business hub. However it is fast gaining momentum as a tourist hub too. A plethora of man-made islands, gigantic malls, towering skyscrapers, bizarre nightlife, desert safari, belly dancing, exotic sheesha lounges and so on, makes Dubai one of the most appealing tourist destinations.
This well organised city is all safe for visitors and attracts tourists from all around the globe.2014-2015 is witnessing an upsurge in Dubai tourism, with a majority of tourists hailing from India. If you want to spend your holidays doing a little bit of everything, then opting for Dubai is the way to go. The most plausible reason would be a host of schemes and packages that fits the pockets of a prospective Indian tourist. These tour packages are given fancy names like Dazzling Dubai, Helicopter tour, Simply Dubai to make the package more irresistible. These packages operate from India and have pre fixed inclusions that depend on its price tag. While some low cost packages only include return airfare, hotel accommodations, and a single main meal a day, there are others that are very alluring as they include sight-seeing either half day or full day airport transfers, 2 meals a day, some even provide free welcome drinks, free entry to the casinos, or souvenirs too.
Other highlighters that the tour operators use to lure their customers to buy the packages is by offering complimentary city tours like heritage sight-seeing, additional day for shopping, half day cruise or complimentary time on the yacht, and so on .These packages generally range between 4 nights and the rates of the package alter accordingly. If you choose a lavish package of deluxe standards then the complimentary offers tend to increase.
Dubai tours can be done exclusively and teamed up with a few other cities like Abu Dhabi etc. as well. There are genuine tour operators for Dubai that promise lucrative offers and also think about the safety of the patrons, thus they add travel insurance to the package. While most of the packages are very stringent about their offers, there are others that, on bargaining can add a couple of complimentary offers either on food, spa, stay, shopping etc. Bearing the need of the customers many Dubai tour packages are customised too; however a lot of extra money has to be shelled out.
The total cost of a Dubai tour package from India, if chosen sensibly is almost the same as a non-concessional return fare between two metro cities of India, like Mumbai to Kolkata; therefore it is definitely worth visiting.