Approximately one fifth of the world's cranes are working 24 hours a day to expand this Middle Eastern hub that attracted 6.1 million hotel guests in a recent year, and man-made offshore islands as big as the island of Manhattan are under construction to host more.

Contributor Holly Reich traveled to lavish and luxurious Dubai to find out why celebrities, honeymoon couples, and other romantics are drawn to this desert oasis.

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