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Dubai plans £1.7bn development with theme parks, 100 hotels and the world's largest mall
Dubai is set to break its onwn record for the world's biggest shopping mall with plans for a new mega-development complete with a shopping centre that could welcome 80 million people a year.
The new 'city' will cost £1.7 billion and is set to boast up to 100 hotels, five distinct theme parks based on films, animals and characters from brands all over the world.
Universal Studios will host an attraction and there will also be a Bollywood theme park, staging musicals aimed at attracting Indian visitors and enriching Dubai's cultural calendar.
New heights: The development will be situated just outside Dubai's current Downton area
Mohammed bin Rashid City, named after the emirate's ruler, will be located just outside the city's current Downtown area.
It will also have a water and marine life park that can host 16 million visitors annually, a children's theme park dedicated to safaris and adventures in the desert, plus museums and art galleries.
The huge shopping complex will overtake the Dubai Mall as the largest in the world and will aptly be called the Mall of the World. It will be surrounded by a public green area expected to be 30 per cent larger than London's Hyde Park.
The plan is to start work immediately and have the first phase of the project complete in 2014.
Sheikh Mohammed said: 'The current facilities available in Dubai need to be scaled up in line with the future ambitions for the city.'
He confirmed the city's goal is to become 'the capital of entrepreneurship, arts, culture and family tourism for over 2 billion people.'
Abdulla Ahmed Mohammed Al Habbai, chairman of Meraas Holding, the company behind the development, said: 'The new initiative comes in response to Dubai's status as a top global touristic destination which will contribute to the growth of the economy.'
Green-fingered: An enormous park, 30 per cent larger than London's Hyde Park, is also planned in the desert state
He added: 'We expect the comprehensive offering to set a new benchmark within the leisure and entertainment industry and offer tourists one more reason to visit Dubai.'
Dubai was hit hard by the worldwide recession. Its saturated property market collapsed and ambitious projects, such as 'The World', a man-made set of islands shaped like the continents of the globe, were abandoned.
But after investing heavily in tourism and attracting additional visitors from rival destinations due to the Arab Spring, the emirate has reported 13 per cent growth in annual visitor numbers.
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Dubai is set to break its onwn record for the world's biggest shopping mall with plans for a new mega-development complete with a shopping centre that could welcome 80 million people a year.
The new 'city' will cost £1.7 billion and is set to boast up to 100 hotels, five distinct theme parks based on films, animals and characters from brands all over the world.
Universal Studios will host an attraction and there will also be a Bollywood theme park, staging musicals aimed at attracting Indian visitors and enriching Dubai's cultural calendar.
New heights: The development will be situated just outside Dubai's current Downton area
Mohammed bin Rashid City, named after the emirate's ruler, will be located just outside the city's current Downtown area.
It will also have a water and marine life park that can host 16 million visitors annually, a children's theme park dedicated to safaris and adventures in the desert, plus museums and art galleries.
The huge shopping complex will overtake the Dubai Mall as the largest in the world and will aptly be called the Mall of the World. It will be surrounded by a public green area expected to be 30 per cent larger than London's Hyde Park.
The plan is to start work immediately and have the first phase of the project complete in 2014.
Sheikh Mohammed said: 'The current facilities available in Dubai need to be scaled up in line with the future ambitions for the city.'
He confirmed the city's goal is to become 'the capital of entrepreneurship, arts, culture and family tourism for over 2 billion people.'
Abdulla Ahmed Mohammed Al Habbai, chairman of Meraas Holding, the company behind the development, said: 'The new initiative comes in response to Dubai's status as a top global touristic destination which will contribute to the growth of the economy.'
Green-fingered: An enormous park, 30 per cent larger than London's Hyde Park, is also planned in the desert state
He added: 'We expect the comprehensive offering to set a new benchmark within the leisure and entertainment industry and offer tourists one more reason to visit Dubai.'
Dubai was hit hard by the worldwide recession. Its saturated property market collapsed and ambitious projects, such as 'The World', a man-made set of islands shaped like the continents of the globe, were abandoned.
But after investing heavily in tourism and attracting additional visitors from rival destinations due to the Arab Spring, the emirate has reported 13 per cent growth in annual visitor numbers.
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