{"id":2173,"date":"2010-01-05T14:07:14","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T12:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2020-05-20T06:23:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T05:23:02","slug":"worlds-tallest-skyscraper-opens-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/worlds-tallest-skyscraper-opens-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s Tallest Skyscraper Opens in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/dubai.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2174\" title=\"World's Tallest Skyscraper Opens in Dubai\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/dubai-257x220.jpg\" alt=\"World's Tallest Skyscraper Opens in Dubai\" width=\"257\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a>The opening Monday of the world&#8217;s tallest skyscraper could mark a turning point in Dubai&#8217;s fortunes and those of its ruler after a year that saw both come under intense scrutiny.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the city-state&#8217;s 60-year-old hereditary leader, hopes the building and its surrounding $20 billion development will help enhance his reputation among international investors and restore Dubai&#8217;s allure as a business hub.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Mohamed said that the tower, until now known as the Burj Dubai, will be renamed Burj Khalifa Bin Zayed after the president of the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>A multimedia presentation witnessed by thousands of onlookers at the base of the tower said the building was 828 meters, or 2717 feet, tall.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Crises come and go,&#8221; said Mohamed Alabbar, chairman of developer Emaar Properties, at a media event ahead of the opening of Burj Dubai Monday evening. &#8220;We must have hope and optimism and we must move on. I hope that this is the beginning of the gradual move forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- Either there are no banners, they are disabled or none qualified for this location! -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opening Monday of the world&#8217;s tallest skyscraper could mark a turning point in Dubai&#8217;s fortunes and those of its ruler after a year that saw both come under intense scrutiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,7868],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tourism","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8130,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions\/8130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}