DUBAI Miehet Adidas Tennis HU Holi Festival Bright Vihreä valkoinen , Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- While hotels and shopping centers in Dubai cash in on this week's long public holiday, some citizens are complaining about the intense overcrowding and the inconvenient business standstill.


Tuesday marked the official Islamic holiday, the Feast of Sacrifice, also known as Eid Al-Adha in Arabic, and like all Gulf Arab countries public and private holidays in Dubai last for a week. Public offices, banks Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 V2 musta Oranssi , and the stock market are closed, while shopping malls and amusement facilities remain open for 24 hours.


For Hamid S. this is good news. The young Indian salesman in his mid-twenties works at the consumer electronics chain PlugIns. "I have to work, while others got several days off, but I have no regrets. Sales for smart-phones and laptops are mushrooming and this boosts my monthly bonus," the expat from Hyderabad said with a smile.


No other metropolis in the Gulf region has as many malls as Dubai with its 2.5 million inhabitants, meaning that shopping is high on the agenda of Eid tourists.


Hamid added that he noticed more tourists from neighboring Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia or Qatar in Dubai's shopping malls than last year. These wealthy visitors are flocking to Dubai to avoid other traditional holiday destinations like Egypt or Lebanon which are both still wracked by political turmoil. So it's not an unusual sight to see Saudi families out together Miehet Pharrell x Adidas NMD Human Race valkoinen musta , usually comprised of a man wearing a white "Kandoora" accompanying his fully veiled wife who is carrying fashion bags and presents for their children.


Nevertheless, Dubai's overcrowded streets and shops are not to everybody's liking. Shawn, 38, is from Wales. He works as an interior designer in Dubai's neighboring Emirate Sharjah. He said that while he enjoyed his vacation day with family and friends in Dubai's popular Creek Park, he spent his evening in a nerve- racking traffic jam. "When we reached finally the Dubai Mall, our dinner reservation was cancelled because we were late Adidas Originals NMD City Sock 2 PK valkoinen , so we had no other choice then but to pass by the next fast-food outlet," he said.


"I regret I did not book a day or two in a hotel with my family. I spent two hours in a traffic jam," Shawn said. However, even public transportation in Dubai isn't a smooth ride. "The Dubai metro is too full, I do not understand why the Roads and Transport Authority won't add more trains," said Corazon Adidas Originals NMD City Sock 2 PK musta , a mother of two from Bayombong in the Philippines. She added she didn't feel that her small children were secure in the over-crowded metro car which she took from Dubai-Deira to the Mall of the Emirates, the only shopping center in Arabia with an artificial ski slope.


Her friend Jane recounts another cumbersome problem with the holiday. "I am a self-employed photographer and my last client, a banker who needed portrait and outdoor pictures paid me by check shortly before Eid. But now, as the banks are closed for four days, I have to wait until next week for my check to clear and to get my money," she complained.


Despite this Naiset Adidas NMD R2 Vaaleanpunainen valkoinen , money is flowing into the hotels and restaurants that are busy catering Eid guests and tourists. "We are fully booked these days and most of our guests are Gulf Arab visitors," said Rupprecht Queitsch, the general manager of the J. W. Marriott Marquis Dubai, which at 355 meters in height, is the world's tallest hotel.


While Dubai is proud to host around 10 million tourists per year, a figure which the government aims to double by 2020 Adidas Originals NMD R1 Glitch Harmaa valkoinen , many residents are hoping that the government will provide more streets, parking spaces and public transport systems. Engineer Ali from Karachi who lives in the Dubai Marina district said he needs only one hour to go by car from his garage to the main street, Sheikh Zayed Road.


There is also a glimmer of hope. "Construction of the city's first city tram, the Al-Sofouh tram, is going to be in front of my doorstep. It's nearly completed," Ali said. The 10.6 kilometer long tram track will connect the Marina district with the Mall of Emirates. "[I hope] next year's Feast of Sacrifice will be a feast for everybody and not just a sacrifice for residents like us Adidas Men NMD CS2 Primeknit musta Kengät ," he said.


Unfortunately, the tram will not be operative for next year's Eid. Eid Al-Adha 2014 will fall on Oct. 4 but the Al-Sofouh tram will start transporting passengers from November 2014.


ACCRA, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has shown its worry about reports that some local players are betting away the fortunes of their clubs.


Media reports are rife about the rise in soccer betting by players and some officials of clubs playing in the local league.


A premier league club coach Mohammed Gargo has accused his players of involving in sports betting, something which he says has accounted for the poor performance of the club in the league campaign.


Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, the president of the GFA, Kwesi Nyantakyi Adidas Miehet NMD CS1 Primeknit musta Sneaker Kengät , said the association is worried about the canker which has crept into the body fabric of football administration in Ghana.


"The security agencies have been notified to do the necessary investigations and then we will bring all culprits involved to book," Nyantakyi said.


Betting of sports games is not illegal in Ghana. However, players and club officials are barred from involving themselves in gambling.


"Spectators and fans may do betting. But players of clubs and club officials are not supposed to get involved. So I can assure you that the football association is taking actions to deal with it," said Nyantakyi who is also an executive committee member of CAF.


Pakistan postponed a visit by a U.S. acting Assistant Secretary of State, officials said, as small protests broke out against President Donald Trump's accusations that Islamabad was prolonging the war in Afghanistan.


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