“There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human’s intelligence, imagination, and wonder.”
Participation in an international study tour enables students to build their personal and social competence and intercultural understanding, including language skills. With this objective in mind, the student of GHS-IMR, PGDM second year batch (2020-2022) went for a 6 days International study tour to Dubai (UAE) from 15th March, 2022 to 20th March, 2022.
The International study tour include visits to the capital city of Emirates Dubai, the city known for its luxury shopping, ultramodern architecture and a lively nightlife scene, such as the Burj Khalifa. Dubai is also famous for its artificially constructed palm islands, diversity, food scene, and all-inclusive accommodation options.
The study tour started on 15th March, 2022 with Dubai Dhow Cruise creek Experience. Dhow cruises usually center on traditional dhow vessels. They are an interesting way of enjoying a piece of Dubai’s ancient maritime heritage. They usually combine sumptuous buffet dinners and traditional Arabic heritage. Post this great experience students had come together for dinner on cruise.
The Second day started on 16th March, 2022 with city tour in which students were exposed to the emirates cultural & historical tour to Dubai City with a blend of glittering cityscape. Students get the chance to see some unique & world’s renowned tourist destinations including Atlantis-The Palm, Burj Khalifa, & Jumeirah mosque, Jumeirah beach, Burj-Al-Arab, Sheikh Zayed road, Dubai Frame and Old Dubai.
The students were able to realize that the city has many cultural highlights and things to do, as well as all the glamorous modern add-ons. The Sheikh zayed road is home to most of Dubai’s skyscrapers, including the Emirates Towers. The highway also connects other new developments such as the Palm Jumeirah and Dubai Marina. The road has most of the Red line of Dubai Metro running alongside it.
The third of the study tour started on 17th March, 2022 was planned to be one adventurous Desert comprise safaris, wildlife-watching on a Land Rover, spending an evening submerged in entertainment in the midst of the desert in an Arabic tent accompanied by the grandeur of nature.
Students experienced desert safari which provides about 20 minutes of exciting dune bashing along with an electrifying camp journey where one can enjoy quad biking, camel ride and sand skiing.
The vastness of the Arabian Desert, rich experiences in the midst of sand dunes, and an array of exciting activities day in and day out make a desert safari in Dubai an experience of a lifetime.
The Fourth Day of the trip started on 18th March, 2022 with one of the adventures which is Dubai biggest Atlantis waterpark. Waterscape of Aqua venture, the incredible centerpiece of Atlantis, Paradise Island. It’s home to dozens of pools, rivers and slides—like the six-story Mayan Temple where you plummet down into a shark-filled lagoon—that will take your body, mind and spirit on a wild ride.
The Atlantis Aqua venture water park was simply amazing and students had a wonderful time there. There are over thirty slides of all different sizes and types, including vertical drops, dual water slides for racing on, and even a tube-slide that passes through a Perspex viewing section within a shark tank. They are all tremendously different but are all great fun in their own unique way. Each slide has been given a rating, which indicates exactly which type of slide you are looking at.
All in all, students had the most amazing time there and it is comfortably one of the best water parks globally they have ever been to.
On the last day of study tour on 19th March, 2022 students experienced 2 International industrial visit and Great Dubai Expo 2022. The first Industry was Kannan Mechanical Services, a professional engineering machine shop providing solutions to various sectors including aerospace, oil & gas and other industries. The second industry which is based in DP world. DP world is a global logistics provider with operation in over 69 countries and across every continent. A leading provider of smart logistics solutions, enabling the flow of trade across the globe.
The students visited Automotive ancillaries limited in Jebel Ali free Zone, which is basically based on Leaf Springs. Leaf springs is to provide comfort to the passengers by minimizing the vertical vibration caused by the nonuniformity of road geometry.
After the industry visits students experienced the great Dubai Expo, It is the first world exhibition in the Middle East, under the theme ‘Connecting minds, creating the future’, 192 participating countries present ideas, innovations and technologies. Dubai Expo is a global event that links innovation, technology, art, and culture to offer a great experience. Different parts of the world mark their presence to share new ideas.
The experience of every student in this International Study Tour 2022 was exemplary and vast. It was a good break for every student from their regular academic schedule and had some excursion activities as well.
The trip was safe and good, informative, vital, knowledgeable and consummate and memorable for each student. The International Study tour 2022 to Dubai, UAE was coordinated by Dr. Kunwar Milind Singh, Associate Professor, Economics & International Business at GHS-IMR.
