Considering taking your dog on your long term holidays in Abu Dhabi? It may be best to find alternative accommodation. In a society that doesn’t have a particularly high opinion of canines, dog fouling has lead to the establishment of dog-free zones in most key locations in the city. Man’s best friend cannot be legally walked in public parks, shopping districts or on the beaches. Abu Dhabi dog owners are going to find it particularly hard to keep the dog’s healthy and happy with just the streets to play on, and a new code on dog waste disposal will put them under increased obligation.
Dubai and other cities in the United Arab Emirates aren’t necessarily subject to the same law. This will be great news for anyone wanting to go a step beyond all inclusive holidays to establish a permanent home for you (and your dogs!) in the region. Your endeavour would be helped also by the falling rental prices in the city, particularly as a consequence of rather rapid development. The rental price of a villa in Dubai is now fourteen percent lower than in 2009, due to construction far outstripping actual demand.
Yet if you find anyone who has actually been on Dubai holidays will be extremely enthusiastic about the opportunities out there for both the casual tourist and the longer-term visitor. But what about the beer? You’ll often hear about the supposed prohibition of alcohol in Dubai. Good news is, it isn’t really true. Access to alcohol in the United Arab Emirates isn’t under any blanket prohibition, though it is subject to certain controls. Rather than being a marketplace pariah, Alcohol sales actually soared in the years before the recession, and a recovery is expected soon enough. And even though there are significant restrictions placed on the sale of alcohol, anything that keeps certain western tourists from turning into loutish thugs is to be welcomed. Hotels have the majority of alcohol licenses in Dubai. Rather than being simply for foreigners, the night-spots are therefore largely found in Dubai hotels. Off licenses do exist, but to use them you must have a license.