The best thing to do in Dubai when the sun goes down? Follow the crowds to the beach
Floodlit and with lifeguards sporting night-vision binoculars, Dubai beaches too hot to use by day have drawn over a million night visitors
Roasted by summer temperatures too hot for the beach, Dubai has turned to an innovative solution: opening them at night, complete with floodlights and lifeguards carrying night-vision binoculars.
The idea, in one of the world’s hottest regions and where temperatures are climbing ever higher because of climate change, has proved popular – more than one million people have visited the night beaches since last year, an official said.
“The temperature drops down in the evening after the sun sets. So, yeah, it’s amazing,” said Mohammed, 32, from Pakistan, who brought his children to enjoy the sea without having to worry about the burning Gulf sun.
