DUBAI: When Sarah Ahmed stepped outside her glamping dome in Hatta, the sun was rising over the mountains and the air felt cool and still — a calm far removed from her busy mornings in the city.
It looked like something out of a nature documentary — yet it was less than 130 kilometers from her home in Dubai.
“This is where I come with my family when I get the itch to travel,” she told Arab News. “It feels like a real escape, but we can be back home the same day if we want to.”
For Ahmed, and many other families in the Gulf, short and simple getaways like this have become the new norm.
Instead of long-haul flights and packed itineraries, families and single travelers are choosing nearby destinations that are affordable and easy to reach — yet still offer a feeling of discovery.
