Are laws about sex outside marriage less rigorously enforced in Dubai for people on layovers?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 24 Jul, 2023
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Laws apply when you touch the ground of a country. The only way to get around that would be to go into a foreign embassy. There is no difference how long you are there or where you stay.
On top of that, places that have a very high traffic of foreigners will alert you if possible if you are trying to do something illegal. So if there are two guys in the UAE checking into the same hotel room, you can be sure to get a comment that this is not allowed. That does not mean that they cannot give you two rooms right next to each other – be it even with a convenient connecting door.
Regarding “exposing travelers”: countries where strict laws apply such as Singapore and the middle East, I have had the experience that often you are very openly advised on the reasons you could get shot or life in prison for (drugs etc) already during the flight.
What I usually experienced is that when it comes to sex & alcohol, most countries that are rather strict on it, will offer the one or other way to get around the regulation – as long as you are discreet, and even more so if you are a foreigner. Provided you do not leave a cookie crumb trail that officials can follow, such as two guys checking into the same hotel room.
If you’re on a layover and not entering the country, that is, not going through immigration, you can expect that the law will not be equally enforced.
As soon as you go through immigration, expect it does, though even in practice you will find that this particular law, in the UAE, is not too strictly enforced, either for visitors or residents.
But, it can be. If you’re going to stay a few nights in a hotel and have loud sex with your girlfriend, you could just find yourself deported. (Note, that I don’t have hard proof for this, but all cases I remember of foreigners being charged, in any way, in the UAE, for unlawful sexual behaviour somehow really didn’t try to be subtle.)
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