Many people have never heard of the emirate of Dubai. Until recently, they have been a quiet nation. You may have heard of them when it was announced that they wanted to purchase a port in New York?s Port Authority. Buy purchasing this port this would allow any one from the Arab nations to get into our waterways and with September 11, 2001 fresh in everyone?s mind there was a big to do about it so eventually Dubai pulled out of the agreement.

Dubai is one of seven emirates that are included in the United Arab Emirates. An emirate for those who don?t know is a political country that is ruled by what is called the Islamic Monarch. At one time there were more emirates but over time they have disappeared leaving only seven.

Dubai?s main city is called Dubai City so it can be separated from the actual emirate of Dubai. Dubai has become the most populated emirate in the United Arab Emirates, but it is the second largest next to the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Dubai is different than the other emirates because the revenue that supports Dubai comes from the Jebel Ali Free Zone

The Jebel Ali Free Zone or JAFZ offers an economic zone that has very profitable business and tax incentives to business all across the emirates. The JAFZ is commanded by the Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority and it also supports and contributes to the Dubai port that is ranked number 13 in the world. They also provide warehouse and other distribution centers to local as well as global corporations.

Dubai also gets it?s revenue from an oil account they have but that only generates about six or seven percent of the emirates revenue. Another contributor to the revenue is money they make from tourists. You may not think that Dubai would be a place of tourism and may be it isn?t for people of the United States but they do well with other country?s visitors.