so what is Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF)?

for most of us who has been here for the past years, this is known as the brilliant idea of dubai to create another strong source of income for the emirate--> tourism. "One World, One Family, One Festival" is the annual theme of DSF.

"On February 15, 1996, the travel industry in the Middle East heralded the beginning of a new dawn - the birth of the most impressive shopping cum entertainment mega event. An entirely new concept, it succeeded brilliantly in showcasing what co-operation between private sector and public sector could do to create a mind-boggling achievement... fastforward to 2007... 8 years, 25M tourists, and $11B in sales after, the 2006-2007 promises to be much even bigger!"

Here are the things I associate most with DSF:

1) Mega Sale!!! upto 70% OFF on my favorite brands such as Mango, Nine West, Marks & Spencer, etc etc... electronics sale, other SALE SALE SALE!!! plus month long events in the different shopping malls

2) Luxury car/ Gold and diamond raffle here there and everywhere!

3) Long queue at the Dubai International Airport Immigration

4) Difficulty in getting airline booking to Dubai!!!!

5) Global Village!!! That festive village that showcases different country pavilions! I love the Indian, London and of course, the Phils pavilion! The pavilions supposedly offer items from the country, but last year, what I saw are mostly made in china... hmm...

6) Fireworks, fireworks!!! and a lot of colorful road danglers and decors

7) School break! so more customers in adventureland

8) In adventureland, we have more blonde customers compared to other months in a year

9) Public parks and public spaces come to life until midnight!!! (which unfortunately runs as our competition... hmm..)...

10) All the dubai roads are framed with beautiful buncher of flowers... very picturesque!

well, on this part of the globe, DSF is truly a festival worth waiting for...