Travelling to a new place requires you to do research on what you should or not do over there. Dubai is a city known for its best shopping centers in the world, hotels and is the home to two of the tallest skyscrapers today. You should not confuse Dubai with Las Vegas or New York due to the high life and thousands of tourists coming here daily. Something can be legal at home but in the tourism city of Dubai it can be illegal and land you to prison immediately or hefty fines. To make your travel a memorable one here are some Dubai best travel tips of all times.
Get your visa before travelling. Unless you are a citizen of the few countries who do not need a visa to enter Dubai, you will not be allowed to enter in the city at the airport. Avoid this inconvenience by getting your visa early enough from a consulate near you or using visa on arrival agents.
At all cost avoid being drunk in public. From experience, many foreigners have had to spend a day or some days in jail for this being drunk in public places. Take your favorite drink from the bar, restaurant or buy the drink to take at home from the duty free stores which are allowed to sell.
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Drugs here are a big no. Don’t dare use any illegal drug here; they have a punitive jail term for both drug users and the traffickers. If you have a prescription from a doctor on a medical drug which might be considered illegal in Dubai you should get a signed letter from the doctor.
Dubai is a Muslim city and that means your dressing code should not be very revealing. Don’t show a lot of skin here, the Sharia law in use here is against that. Dressing modestly is for both men and women travellers. In the beach however you can get in your bikini no one will bother you. Just make sure that you wear decently again as you leave the beach.
It is normal for an individual to overspend and run out of local currency especially over the weekends. If this happens just cool off and wait for the next business day to exchange your currency to UAE dirhams used here. Don’t be tempted to exchange in the black market if you fancy life out of jail.
The last of the Dubai best travel tips of all times is affection. Showing affection to the person you love and some romance is something that is done in many tourists city but not here. Limit your romance to your hotel room and not on the streets or shopping in the malls. The law of the city is Sharia and does not allow this behaviour.