Next winter Dubai will host the Trade Festival and the International Film Festival

Dubai Shopping Festival offers the best shopping opportunities in the world.

The 21st Dubai Shopping Festival will be held from January 1 to February 1, 2016 and will offer unique opportunities for shopping, entertainment and prize drawing. The festival has been held since 1996, and during this time it has become the longest shopping festival in the world, which attracts more than 4 million visitors annually. The festival is the best place for shopping in the world, because discounts on goods in this period reach 75%. Dubai is also attractive in that it is second only to London in the number of major world brands represented here. During the festival, guests are offered unique concepts, for example, The Market Outside The Box, where goods are sold from updated freight containers, which symbolizes the idea of a healthy and alternative lifestyle. Celebrity Pop Up Shops run by world famous people, as well as the Carpet Oasis Fair, where you can buy the best handmade carpets from India, China and the Arab countries, are very popular.

In addition to numerous promotions in shopping centers during the festival, there are raffles of super prizes - luxury cars.

Throughout the Dubai Shopping Festival, the city hosts many entertainment events for the whole family, music concerts, fashion shows, street shows, fireworks. From November 3, 2015 to April 9, 2015, the World Village will welcome guests, where 32 national pavilions from 75 countries work this year, including Russia, which is represented for the first time. Among the entertainment events are two premiere shows performed by famous street musicians: The Fiestaval and Dreams; Bollywood musical with famous actors; bollywood wedding show; Hollywood show with car chases and stunts on motorcycles.

This year, for the convenience of guests, the new entrance to the territory of the World Village "Gate of the World" is equipped with 40 turnstiles, 40 ticket offices have been installed. Expanded a lawn for recreation with an area of 22,000 square meters. m. Fantasy Island amusement park offers new attractions, both family and extreme. And in more than 100 stalls you can taste dishes of national cuisines of the world.

Dubai International Film Festival

Dubai International Film Festival will be held from December 9 to 16, 2016. One of the main premieres will be the last film with the participation of the world-famous Egyptian actor Omar Sheriff's “1001 invention and the world of Ibn al-Hayesam”, dedicated to the scientific discoveries of the 11th-century philosopher and scholar Ibn al-Hayesam.

As part of the prestigious Muhr Feature Films category, 18 films of the best contemporary Arab filmmakers will be presented. The works carry the ideas of family values and cultural heritage of countries. Festival organizers also announced that in December, an open-air cinema will again work on THE BEACH beach. The film screening program will be announced shortly.