Dhow cruise where past meets present

Dhow cruise is not just a vessel to enjoy sea voyage or glide past swanky skyscrapers and historical settlements located along Dubai’s shoreline. It is an artifact of present unobtrusively fusing with the past. Present is modern, easy, and convenient standards of living while past is reminded by traditional ship. And, custodians of culture have smartly mixed up the two. Tourism is a flourishing industry of Dubai. It was not so in the bygone days when loaders used to load and offload sacks of commercial items to and from rickety, wind-powered, vessel, known as dhow. Dhow was a celebrated mode of marine transportation for the community of the emirate settlers. Now, it is entertaining local and foreign tourists flocking to Palm Deira side and creek to see the fascinating gulf sights from the eyes of Bedouins.  Transformed dhow cruise Unlike traditional one, modern dhow has a fully air-conditioned lower deck and open-air upper deck. Peace seekers relax in the classy lower deck or cast off their urban stress into the sea from upper deck. They can also enjoy traditional Tanura show and magical tricks rendered by jugglers and performers. One needn’t to request for these things after booking a typical dhow cruise dinner since passengers are served with Arabic coffee (Kahweh) and lavish buffet bedecking exotic foreign foods, local culinary faves, etc. along with customary recreations rendered by the professional artists. A 360 degree panoramic view from open deck doubles the joy of enjoying foods. After all, taste reclines in not just food itself but too in a surrounding where it is being taken in. Try your culinary fave in a heart-touching place and you’d like it twice the more. Female trippers can get intricate henna designs designed on their hands. Nargile enthusiasts can take puffs of sweet-smelling tobaccos. Passengers love to hop on dhow cruise Dubai when sun sets sincemarveling at the bristling skyline from the solace of sea is one-off experience. No doubt, this half of 24-hour has its own mystical value and silence that is missing during sunlight onshore. Dhow cruise dinner spans two to three hours. It normally costs a person AED150 to AED250, depending on the specialties attached with it. A four-star catering, unquestionably, has high price. Expensive package also includes pickup and drop-off facilities. Cruising: A popular recreationOver the last few years, online media has become quite active in promoting saving culture in Dubai by publishing discount offers of goods and services. Dhow cruise deals are lessening the burdens on pockets. Throwing a party for friends, pulling off a celebration, or organizing a chic contemporary corporate meeting in a floating restaurant is an effortless feat to fete because of dhow cruise deals.Adventure enthusiasts go one step ahead in the love of sea travelling. They go for long-day tours in the Arabian Sea. High-end passenger vessels are seen departing from ship-shaped Dubai cruise terminal, which is a large dock established in 2001.Numbers of cruise ships and passenger arrivals will continue to grow in the years to come, according to Dubai department of tourism and commerce marketing (DTCM). Total 135 ships are expected to carry 475,000 passengers in 2012, said the government tourism agency. In 2013, numbers of ships will reach 150 mark and passenger arrivals 525,000 while in 2014 and 2015 numbers of ships and passengers are forecast to touch 165 and 180 and 575,000 and 625,000, respectively.  Dubai Ports Authority has once barred passengers from using upper deck after heart wrenching news of 58 persons killed in dhow cruising in Bahrain back in 2006. The authority had disbanded cruise operation, but later allowed resumption after clearance from DTCM. Tour operators have to take license from DTCM to run dhow cruises. They widely publicize their certifications from the body. Any untoward happenings can be staved off if tourists must ask for the safety certificate from tour operator before clambering onboard. Dhow cruise should carry basic safety apparatuses including life jackets, fire safety kit, emergency medical kit, etc. to cope up with the emergency.