Monday, August 31, 2009

Kowloon hotels forms major chunk of Hong Kong hotels

Kowloon is a densely populated island containing huge population of 2,019,533 and a population density of 43,033/km² in 2006. Historically, the place receives its name from nine dragons represented by eight peaks and a Chinese emperor: Kowloon Peak, Tung Shan, Tate's Cairn, Temple Hill, Unicorn Ridge, Lion Rock, Beacon Hill, Crow's Nest and Emperor Bing. Today, the Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong, comprising of the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. Kowloon in Hong Kong is a popular tourist destination for historical reasons as well as business purposes.

Lately, there has been an effort on the government behalf to decongest the island of Kowloon by establishing new Kowloon. New Kowloon is bounded in the south by Boundary Street and in the north by the ranges of the Lion Rock, Beacon Hill, Tate's Cairn and Kowloon Peak which are popular Tourist attraction in Hong Kong in their own capacity. Numerous Kowloon hotels offer standard accommodation facilities to travelers at attractive tariff. Interesting fact is that together with Hong Kong Island, Kowloon contains nearly half of Hong Kong's total population.

Kowloon hotels such as Langham Place, HongKong City, Eaton Hotel, InterContinental, Kowloon Shangri-La, Metropark Hotel, The Peninsula, The Salisbury, The Mira Hong Kong, Marco Polo Hongkon, and many other are known to offering extensive range of accommodation facilities to travelers. Moreover, Kowloon is regarded as the cultural center of Hong Kong wherein travelers could enjoy visiting museums, jade shops, bird markets, fortune tellers, restaurants, pubs, bars, space museum, etc. Additionally, you would not forget to enjoy wonderful nightlife in Kowloon.

Bur Dubai hotels are affordable and a class apart as well

Located on the western side of the Dubai Creek, Bur Dubai is a historical place in Dubai attracting millions of travelers every year from all corners of the world. Housing hundreds of popular tourist destinations, Bur Dubai in Arabic means ‘Mainland Dubai.’ The famous creek of Dubai separates Bur Dubai from Deira Dubai, and the part Bur Dubai is called main Dubai. Bur Dubai historically consisted of all districts between the western bank of the Creek and Jumeirah. However, the government is planning to extend Dubai Creek back to the sea, turning Bur Dubai into an island. The project is expected to complete by the year 2010.

Major tourist attractions in Bur Dubai are sand dunes and mountains. Travelers could enjoy Desert Safari which is organized in grand manner. Moreover, various shopping malls in Bur Dubai present you with outstanding shopping experience and heavy discounts. Food in Bur Dubai is another main attraction as there are numerous restaurants which make Thai food, Indian food, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, etc. and you would not feel if you are missing your home. Various Bur Dubai hotels offer exciting discounts on online hotel bookings which could be taken advantage of.

Accommodation facilities in Bur Dubai are of international class. Additional there is no dearth of hotels and lodges in Bur Dubai which cater to the requirement of accommodation of all class of people. Dubai hotels such as Raffles, Kempinski Mall of the Emirates, Dusit Thani, Shangri-la, Intercontinental Festival City, The Monarch, Emirates Towers, Grand Hyatt, Rydges Plaza, Fairmont, Burjuman Rotana Suites, London Crown1, Al Murooj Rotana Hotel and Suites, Chelsea Tower, Broadway, Villa Rotana Suites, Arabian Suites, Al Shams Plaza, Ramee Apartments, accommodate traveler from around the globe.