Dubai, the most cosmopolitan city in the entire UAE, is a major tourist attraction and possesses many famous landmarks that are extremely popular where tourism is concerned. Apart from these famous skyscrapers for example the Burj Khalifa [translation: Khalifa Tower] 20 billion dollar property investment, shopping is also a main tourist attraction in Dubai and so are the malls – The Dubai Mall [a development by Emaar] being the world’s largest mall based on it’s total area, there are approximately 1,200 stores within the mall. Shopping/malls in Dubai consist of many retail and franchise shops from different countries as well as local shops – products are reasonably priced in their given field and they are also authentic. Other popular shopping outlets/malls in Dubai include Mall of The Emirates, Deira City Centre [one of the first malls in the city], Ibn Batuta [a themed mall, based on the adventures of Ibn Batuta] amongst a few others.