| Fujairah is a sovereign state or emirate of the | | | | allowed one development, the 43 story Al Jabar |
| United Arab Emirates (the UAE); it has the second | | | | tower to be available for foreign freehold |
| smallest population of any of the seven emirates | | | | ownership. This tower, which is being developed |
| - approximately 130,000 inhabitants. Fujairah is the | | | | by Al Jabel Contracting, will house showrooms, |
| only emirate with a seaport outside of the Persian | | | | commercial shops and 270 residential apartments. |
| Gulf; this port on the Arabian Sea is seen as a | | | | The more traditional UAE custom of allowing |
| great strategic strong point for this emirate in the | | | | foreigners to hold property under a 99-year lease |
| event of any naval or military action that may | | | | is still the main option open to expats who wish to |
| close the Straits of Hormuz at the mouth of the | | | | invest in the Fujairah residential property market. |
| Persian Gulf. | | | | Industrial development is booming in Fujairah, with |
| The geography of Fujairah is not what you would | | | | the Fujairah Free Zone operating in a similar |
| expect of one of the emirates of the UAE; it is | | | | manner to free zones in the other emirates of |
| rugged and mountainous with beautiful unspoilt | | | | the UAE, which allows the opportunity of fully |
| beaches and numerous islands off the coast with | | | | foreign owned businesses. Recently a major |
| coral reefs that attract divers from all over the | | | | announcement was made concerning the building |
| world. This mountainous emirate has higher rainfall | | | | of an oil pipeline from Abu Dhabi and a liquefied |
| and lower average temperatures than the other | | | | natural gas storage hub on the coast of Fujairah. |
| emirates that are primarily desert, which makes it | | | | The building of this strategic natural resources hub |
| a prime tourist destination for both UAE nationals | | | | and storage centre on the Arabian Sea coast will |
| and overseas tourists. | | | | require over two square kilometres of land to be |
| Until 2002 freehold ownership of property in the | | | | reclaimed from the Arabian Sea. |
| UAE was limited to UAE and GCC (Gulf | | | | The government's main development focus, other |
| Cooperation Council) citizens; at this time the | | | | than industrial development, is tourism. Plans are |
| emirate of Dubai was the first of the emirates of | | | | currently underway to triple the present 1500 |
| the UAE to allow freehold property ownership to | | | | properties available to tourists by 2012. Some of |
| foreigners. Unlike several of the other emirates | | | | these new properties will be in the recently |
| that followed Dubai's lead and opened certain | | | | announced Al Fujairah Paradise resort; this resort |
| areas up to freehold foreign ownership, Fujairah | | | | will house hotels and an estimated 1000 five star |
| has taken a more conservative approach and has | | | | villas. The resort is scheduled to be completed in |
| concentrated on tourism and industrial | | | | the next two years. Several other tourist resorts |
| development. | | | | and hotels are rumoured to be in the planning |
| Fujairah is in the process of considering a law | | | | stages for this emirate, as national and |
| (similar to that of Dubai's) to allow foreign freehold | | | | international tourism is projected to continue its |
| ownership of residential property. At the moment | | | | strong growth in this unique, unspoilt emirate. |
| however the government of Fujairah has only | | | | |