United Arab Emirates

Dubai aims for unusual with undersea hotel

The indebted shipbuilding arm of Dubai World, the conglomerate that triggered Dubai's debt crisis four years ago, signed a deal to develop undersea hotels with a Swiss firm.

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Turkish tourism feels ripples of Arab Spring

Thirteen months of unrest in Syria have hurt tourism in neighbouring Turkey.
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Tel Aviv revelling in gay tourism boom

Less than an hour away but a world apart from traditional places of pilgrimage in the Holy Land, Israel's free-wheeling city of Tel Aviv has become a Mediterranean hotspot for gay tourism.
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48 hours in Arbil

In a country that bears the scars from decades of war and economic sanctions, the city of Arbil in the heart of Iraq's northern Kurdish region is a popular holiday spot.
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Tehran rocks, but only under ground

Clad head-to-toe in black -- the international uniform of heavy metal -- Mahyar Dean looks the archetype hard rock guitar hero.
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Adventure in Israel's hidden caves

You'll need a headlamp, a tight waistline and no fear of the dark in order to enjoy one of the most extreme, yet lesser known, archaeological wonders of the Holy Land.
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