Dubai has some pretty strict rules that should be respected if you visit (Picture: Getty Images)

With luxurious five-star resorts and year-round sunshine, it’s not hard to see why Dubai attracted 18.72 million international visitors in 2024 alone.

But in the United Arab Emirates, there are strict rules to be followed, including dressing modestly, refraining from PDA (apart from holding hands), and not getting drunk in public.

More seriously, you can’t have sex with anyone under the age of 18, an offence for which British teenager Marcus Fakana was imprisoned for while he was on holiday in the UAE in September 2024.

As an 18-year-old, he’d had a holiday romance with a 17-year-old British girl, and was only released from prison in July this year.

So we must respect and familiari

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