The city of Dubai has probably been one of the hardest hit by the global financial crisis - with seven star hotels massively discounting rates and construction slowing down.
So with their traditionally slower summer coming to an end, could Ramadan be a good time for tourists to bag a bargain and visit the so-called city on steroids?
Carmen Roberts went to the Emirate state to find out.
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