Dubai, between tourism and the surplus I

But rather than dedicate ourselves to describe what has been, rather we could discuss some interesting points: how can situate an Islamic nation, and where there is no democracy, as a true power of luxury tourism and leisure? In "Fear, Sand and Money in Dubai," Mike Davis examines the theme of "modular freedoms" that exist in Dubai. While the rest of the country governing the laws and customs of any Islamic country, "special areas" of tourism are not subject to such restrictions. While Internet access for citizens of that nation is heavily guarded, in the future "Media City" was sailing as if in the United States. A foreigner who arrives in plan "five-star tourism" will be like in any cosmopolitan city.

Much of this impressive prosperity of Dubai, and its construction boom, is based on labour of foreigners. These payments are bad, they have no right to protest, and may be expelled from the country immediately. More on this subject in an entry earlier this blog, which focused on the theme of the workforce in that country. An interesting fact: in Dubai slavery was officially abolished in 1963, Davis slogan. The status of "overseas", how they will realize, differs greatly from tourism "five star". While aquel access to the best of a cosmopolitan proposal, construction workers do not even have rights to complain about their wages.

That Dubai is not a democracy does not seem to interest anyone. Obviously, the point is business, and this nation seemed to promise many and very profitable. For example, "Media City", as proposed for the major media, has already attracted several companies for his proposal for modern infrastructure. But at the same time, the country is under strict censorship. For the notion of "modular freedoms", there are no problems in reporting what is happening in the world. The topic switches to when talking about Dubai. A brief article on this subject can be read in The Guardian (in English).

Dubai, then, is not simply "a great project." It is interesting to see how they are combined in this project the benefits of an oil at high prices and low labour cost. And there is another point: the massive accumulation of funds at present need an outlet and financial investment. And Dubai is one of them.