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- celebration
- festival-goers
- satisfying
- activities
- enjoyable
- organisers
TheDubaiShoppingFestival
Arelativelynewadditiontotheage-oldtraditionofglobal, nationalandlocalfestivals, theDubaiShoppingFestival, ortheDSFasit'smorecommonlycalled, isaneventthatofferssomethingforeveryone.Itlastsforaboutamonth, andtakesplaceinoneofthewintermonthseveryyear.
Whatfirstbeganasatouristattractionin1996isnowa[ ]ofbuyingandsellingthatwelcomeshundredsofthousandsofvisitors.Over2,300shopsofferanenormousvarietyofgoodsatverylowprices.[ ]willfindevenmorebargainsatoneofthemostpopularattractionsoftheDSF, theNightSouk.Thisisabigstreetmarketthatisopenfromtheafternoontillthesmallhoursofthemorning.There, itiscustomaryfortheshopperstohagglewiththesellersoverthepriceofsomething, untilboththebuyerandtheselleragreeona[ ]price.
ButtheDSFisnotonlyaboutshopping.Thereisawiderangeof[ ]thatkeepeveryoneinthefamilyhappy.Overtheyears, eventssuchasafoodfestival, fashionshow, carnivalandafireworksdisplayhaveofferedvisitorsan[ ]experience.Thefestival[ ]keepsurprisingvisitorswithnew, biggerandbettereventseveryyear.
TheDubaiShoppingFestivalisafantasticfamilyeventthatcombinesshoppingwithfunandculture, andbringspeoplefromthefourcornersoftheworldtogether.Asthesloganofthefestivalsays: "OneFamily, OneWorld, OneFestival".