It did seem all fake
Went on a weeks trip to Dubai to check it out about a year back. Had some free tickets. Was fun ofcourse, getting to the ice mountain, the fancy water parks, the safari dessert.
But something was missing, the essence of a country. Felt kinda odd too, never saw an arab except the ones at the immigration and culture and history, i guess those are just limited to the pictures and crafts at the local museums.
It all just seemed fake. Fake beaches, fake ice, fake pretty much everything.
The article does hit BANG ON.