By Sebastian Usher
BBC Arab affairs editor
More than 6,000 people have been stopped by the police for offences on Dubai's beaches, records show.
Infractions range from ogling women, to kissing, to people swimming fully clothed or in their underwear.
Dubai's authorities have stepped up their policing of what they regard as offensive behaviour.
The Gulf emirate is popular with tourists and Western expats. But most of the people stopped are workers from developing countries.
The police records detail offences logged in the first 10 months of 2009.
Conservative country
Dubai has hit the headlines for its economic problems recently.
But the case of two Britons accused of having sex on a beach last year was one of the biggest stories to come out of emirate.
The case highlighted the dangers expatriates face in Dubai for behaviour that might be frowned upon back home but is unlikely to result in a prison sentence.
Dubai's dizzying growth has attracted more than three million expatriates and many tourists, drawn to its outlandish attractions, luxury hotels and year-round sunshine.
But Dubai remains a conservative Muslim country, where drinking alcohol, sex outside marriage and homosexuality are banned.
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