I was at Atlantis The Palm, Dubai for three days and I wasn’t going to waste even an ounce of energy on un-relaxing activities. It’s possible Atlantis The Palm was expecting someone more suave and worldly as a journalist to appear. Friends, former colleagues, and even my doctor from India have relocated to Dubai in the last few years. Many destinations war with each other to pull people to them, and Dubai won over 18.72 million international travelers in 2024. It still blows my mind that tennis ace Roger Federer used to fly to Dubai to train in unfavorable, sauna-like conditions in July.