Dubai Shopping Festival 2008 - Shop Till You Drop! - By: Prem

Dubai Shopping Festival is one of the most awaited international events in UAE.
Dubai Shopping Festival is seen as the shopping hub since its inception in 1996. Shopping has been the main attraction of this festival. Besides this, world’s finest entertainment events can be enjoyed here. This extravaganza catches the attention of millions of visitors every year. There are three strategic features of the DSF; Shopping, winning and family entertainment. This is 13th hosting of Dubai Shopping Festival 2008 which will start from January 24 through February 24. Reputed as the world’s finest entertainment festival, Dubai Shopping Festival is the shopper’s paradise.

On your Dubai tours, you must club your visit with Dubai shopping festival. You can enjoy the fifth season at Dubai Shopping festival; this makes this event unique. Visitors top Dubai Shopping Festival 2008 can enjoy non-stop 32 days festivities. This is going to be the most happening place and the most appropriate time for the shopaholics to visit. Dubai Shopping Festival was staged initially to promote trade in Dubai.

You can shop at any of 3000 odd retail outlets. Shopping at DSF is the most exciting because you can shop till you drop at duty free prices. You have whole range of perfume, gold, haute couture, electronics, cars, handicrafts, textiles and more is opened for you. What attracts the visitors the most is that there is the month long discounts offered at huge range of articles from Jewellery to fashion, electronic goods, carpets and cultural events brighten up the whole experience! Dubai has the most magnificent souks and malls which makes the shopping more interesting. Besides these crowded souks and jazzy malls, there is all to electrify the shopper from Thursday sale and product launches to early bird offers and discount gold prices, Al Seef Street, Global Village, and the Carpet Oasis like shopping destinations. The multi-storied Gold Souk complex has about 275 jewellery outlets whereas there are 800 in all in whole Dubai. The Gold Souk is the ultimate place to shop for the latest Jewellery in the world.

This festival is sponsored by Dubai Duty Free. Great range of shows and events are organized to enliven the festival. International theatre, street performance, fashion shows, nightly fireworks, laser shows , prize draws, film festivals, children’s events and handicraft shows dot this beguiling affair. While sopping there, you do not only get discounts but also you are offered prizes such as Rolls Royace and Gold.

Dubai Shopping Festival 2008 is attended by more than two million visitors. This huge crowd of visitors spend huge amount which comes around total retail spending of US $1 billion. Another equally exciting destination for shopping in Dubai is Dubai International Airport for 24-hour duty free goods. This amazing institution heads the DSF. One more event in surprise at the Dubai Shopping Festival is the event of the richest horse race in the world, Dubai World Cup. It has got the enormous prize money in the form of US $ 12 million. Year by year success of DSF has made Dubai as the “shopping Capital Of middle East.’

Most of the airlines offer cheap flights to Dubai for this occasion and also allowance for extra baggage allowance stuffed from DSF. There are large number of flights to UAE accommodate the heavy rush to Dubai for DSF. Dubai Shopping Festival is the ultimate experience in shopping.

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