Dubai’s Plan for Marsa Al Arab – 1.7 Billion Dollars Island Resort
The city of Dubai is planning on developing a 1.7 billion dollars tourist resort on their two man-made islands.
This resort will be built on either side of the Burj Ar Arab, the sail-shaped hotel that is famous all over the world for the level of luxury it offers.
This plan comes as the most recent addition of theirs and it wants to attract about 20 million visitors a year by the year 2020 when Dubai will host the World Expo 2020 exhibition.
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According to huffingtonpost.com, spanning 4 million square feet, Marsa Al Arab will be made up of two islands, one dedicated to entertainment and family tourism and the other featuring luxury villas and a private marina, state news agency WAM reported on Monday.
Marsa Al Arab will feature 140 villas, a marine and water park and a theater with capacity for 1,700 people to host Cirque du Soleil, local media reported.
Work on the project will break ground in June and be completed by late 2020, WAM said.
The agency did not mention how the project would be funded.
Dubai’s most famous artificial island, Palm Jumeriah, is home to several hotels, villas and apartments.
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But other islands it planned to develop were stalled or scaled back after the emirate’s 2009 debt crisis.
Palm Jebel Ali, which began construction in 2002, has yet to be completed, while plans for Palm Deira have been reworked to create a scaled-down project called Deira Islands.
Another man-made archipelago, The World, a 300-island chain laid out in the shape of the world’s continents, has only been partially developed.
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