We all know the whole world is facing this corona virus pandemic, but Dubai is attracting people from all around the world. As it is all open again and especially Indian is visiting the land of oasis because of the IPL which is happing in Dubai this year. But Dubai doesn’t have only water sports IPL In 2020.
Just few hours back Dubai announced the date of it’s Shopping festival. YES !! One cannot forget Dubai is a shopping hug and if you visiting the city of Burj Khalifa then why to miss the shopping experiences. And when the year is 2020 and you need a gateway from the Covid news.
So here some amazing facts about the Dubai shopping festival.
From high-street of New York to galleria Vittorio Emanuele of Milan all shopaholic had dream to visit the best shopping destination of world, where Dubai always blew people’s mind away with its tax free, month-long shopping celebration. Dubai which is on every explorer bucket list. The heart of tourism and business, a pot of culture with amazing skylines, it beckon millions of visitors at the end of the year with its colossal Dubai shopping festival. The city offers a gigantic experience to all the travelers, shopaholic and luxury enthusiasts which is unescapable.
Every year in the season of ice, Dubai celebrate this shopping festival.
Where in 2020, its 26th edition will be starting on 17th December and will be there till 30 January 2021. This year festival will be the longest celebrated in its history with 44 days of bargaining, fireworks, entertainment, fashion shows, unforgettable prizes and music concerts.
In short we can say that an event of lights, shopping, glamour, sports & adventure, multi cuisine food and culture mix all together make a single festival called Dubai shopping festival. Every time during the Dubai shopping festival, the whole city is decorated with lights, looking like a beautiful bride, the tiny butterfly lights at every nook and corner of the city is like a heaven, the night view during the DSF look like a fantasy world to the visitors.
The festival make Dubai city dance on its heels by transforming it. The ambiance during the festival is lit and the jaw dropping fireworks make it a perfect paradise for the travelers and shopaholics, and with this the night sky come live and mesmerize them.
This Year in DSF All the participating malls and event venues will follow the strict guidelines put in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Dubai Shopping Festival is supported by key sponsor RAKBANK MasterCard and strategic partners, which include Al Futtaim Group (Dubai Festival City Mall & Festival Plaza), Al Zarooni Group (Mercato Shopping Mall), AW Rostamani Group, Emaar, Emirates Airline, Enoc, Etisalat, Majid Al Futtaim (Mall of the Emirates, City Centre Mirdif, City Centre Deira), Meraas (City Walk, Boxpark, The Beach, The Outlet Village, Al Seef, La Mer) and Nakheel Malls (Ibn Battuta Mall, The Pointe, Nakheel Mall, Dragon Mart 2).
Other than this, these are 6 things which will being a light on this long shopping festival of 2020.
1. Huge discount and sale to harness
During the month long, tax free, festival, the Dubai city is filled with offers, deals and great bargains to grab, the festival has sales from 75 to 90 per cent on 700 and more brands including Harvey Nichols, Debenhams, H&M, Mango, Adidas, and Nike, there is huge savings on Laptops, smartphone, TVs and games consoles and furniture and 3,200 participating outlet in whole Dubai.
2. Shop the Night Away
This year also there will be “shop the night away” which will grab the visitor’s attention the most. DSF will start this event of shop the night away at Outlet village, where shopaholics spotted more than 250 brands likes, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Karen Millen and Bloomingdale which temp the shoppers down there which not only please the shoppers but will made DSF leading international retail destination and home of unamicable shopping.
3. The DSF Carnival
DSF is largest festival with entertainment extravaganza in the middle east, where DSF Carnival parade woo the people around the world, with its spectacular performances by international dancers, acrobats, percussionists who display different kind of performances like juggling, stilt walking, cycling and more. There is live concerts and jazz performance in the carnival of themes like Arabic, Russian, and Chinese. Every year DSF make a huge profit to the DSF.
4. Raffle and prizes
Other than the discount on the brands and shopping haul, many brand like cars and auto mobile have many raffles and prizes to offer to the visitors and traveler, which includes Dh150,000, an infinity QX50, Nissan car model and kg of gold.
5. Weekend surprises
on every weekend there is weekend surprise which is announced 24 hours prior each Saturday, with massive discount on exclusive range of product.
6. The global Village
The global village is one of the most important event for show casting the One World, One Family, One festival theme of DSF, as it bring together diverse cultures and people into one location. Global village is a Seasonal attraction and shopping extravanza of DSF, it has 25 pavilions, each showcases a country or merchandise and cuisines the country which take part each year are India, Egypt, Pakistan, china, Thailand, Jordan, Kuwait. It has many events and entertainment programmer offers fairground rides for both adult and children, plus arcades games and games of skill.
This is the what this connoisseur’s heaven, month long extravaganza festival has to show You in 2020. The year which went with lot of negative vibes. this festival gives the desert country a whole new set of cheerful and vibrant vibe and will be giving 2020 a better ending.