Journalists hail DTCM's media centre facilities at Dubai World Cup

The office was a useful, authentic source of information for local, regional and international media. The visitors at the Nad Al Sheba also had pleasant surprise as DTCM erected a temporary miniature Heritage Village showcasing the UAE's culture and heritage.

DTCM Manager Events, Marwan bin Beyat said Dubai World Cup is an internationally popular event and every year the event is getting more bigger in terms of number of visitors as well as participants. "Sponsoring the press office and erecting a temporary miniature Heritage Village at a venue brimming with international visitors and big names in varied fields showed the department's farsightedness and commitment in promoting tourism. This way, we have catered to interests of two different kinds," said Mr. bin Beyat.

About 350 foreign and 550 local journalists and photographers from 35 countries covered the event. In addition to this, the DTCM hosted the visit of 35 journalists of print and television from Europe "Such a large number of media covering the event points to the international exposure and attention the event received. All these add to popularizing the destination with our press office acting as a base to promote and highlight the activities, amenities and services of the emirate," said Mr. bin Beyat.

He said that this is the ninth consecutive time, we are sponsoring the Press Office at the Dubai World Cup. It serves as the hub of activities and main source of information for scribes covering the event. "The Press Office accommodated about 250 journalists and photographers and with state-of the art equipments, communication was established with any part of the world in no time," said Mr. bin Beyat.

DTCM Manager Hatta Heritage Village, Khalid Ali bin Gharib: "The Hatta Heritage Village for the second consecutive year provided the visitors a peep into the UAE's rich history and how Dubai has preserved its ancient traditions and valuable past".

He explained that the miniature Heritage Village provided a glimpse of the lifestyle of Bedouins. "The 20 sq. m had tents made of goat skin and wool (Bait Al Shaar) and a Majilis (sitting area for guests) made of Palm tree branches. There were Bedouins, who made handicrafts and cook traditional Arabic food. All these revived the atmosphere of Dubai's mystical past and promises to entertain visitors with something completely different from what they have earlier come across," said Mr. bin Gharib.