Lifestyle

New research shows expats are increasingly looking to complete a full working career in the UAE and then retire elsewhere.

British travellers have been warned that they are liable to arrest if they are found with alcohol in their blood when transiting through the United Arab Emirates. That means passengers who consume alcohol on flights to the UAE could face arrest when they land.

Visiting Dubai can be a perilous business, as Jamie Harron, a Briton arrested for public indecency three months ago, has discovered. According to him, it was a pure misunderstanding: he put his hand on someone to avoid spilling his drink whilst he squeezed through a crowded bar. But the furious complaint of the other man was enough for Harron to join the long list of travellers who have fallen foul of the laws and customs of a city that – for all its glitzy cosmopolitanism – is a fairly conservative, Muslim state. 

Tourists to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been warned not to bring products containing CBD oil into the country. The UK’s Foreign Office (FCO) updated its guidance to the UAE to advise travellers that CBD, short for cannabidiol, is illegal in the UAE and should not be brought into the country.