Welcome

Welcome to an innovative, awe-inspiring and unique bold vision to become one of the world’s leading tourism destinations. A product of extraordinary vision, Dubailand is the world’s most ambitious tourism, leisure and entertainment destination, and will be home to both worldclass and unique attractions. Dubailand has been designed to appeal to tourist segments across genders, age groups, world regions and activity preferences. Dubailand is ideally located on Emirates Road, providing easy access to all visitors. It is just 10 minutes from Dubai International Airport and 60 minutes from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE. Dubailand has been planned and designed by leading experts across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Dubailand leverages the phenomenal growth of Dubai’s tourism over the past decade and world-class infrastructure. All projects being developed in Dubai
strongly indicate that tourism will continue growing rapidly over the coming
decades. In fact, Dubai has taken giant steps to capitalize on this fact, setting
itself an aggressive target of attracting 15 million tourists by 2010.

Attractions at Dubailand

Dubailand will be a distinctive destination that offers pure family entertainment
and education, incorporating a significant number of attractions, day and nighttime
activities as well as a huge variety of hotels to encourage overnight stays and
longer visits.
Dubailand will contain world-class attraction-based experiences, most of which
wilVl throw open their doors to visitors in the year 2010.
Dubailand’s attraction-based experiences categories include:

• Theme Parks
• Culture and Art
• Science and Planetariums
• Sports and Sport Academies
• Wellbeing and Health
• Shopping and Retail
• Resorts and Hotels

 

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21 January 2007 - Construction for the Academies area at Dubai Sports City, which includes the Manchester United Soccer Schools facility and the ICC Global Cricket Academy facilities along with other Academies area components has begun.

The Academies area which is located in the south east corner of Dubai Sports City will also include the Field Hockey stadium, WorldHockey Academy, a rugby training facility, a 2,500 sq metre gymnasium, an Olympic length swimming pool, as well as the Bradenton Preparatory Academy. It will also house two hostels accommodating up to 524 people.

Construction of the Academies area and the Bradenton Preparatory Academy is
scheduled to be completed in April 2008.

Speaking to the DUBAILANDT newsletter, Khalid Al Zarooni, President of Dubai Sports City said "The Academies area and educational components of Dubai Sports City are absolutely critical to the overall success of the venture. We are also working closely with various sports governing bodies in the design of the Academies area to ensure that global best practices are adopted and that all of the various academies fulfil the unbridled opportunity afforded by Dubai Sports City."

Fact and Figures

DUBAILAND is a member of Tatweer and the world's most ambitious tourism, leisure and entertainment project, designed to catalyze the position of Dubai as an international hub of family tourism The DUBAILAND venture is estimated at AED 235 billion DUBAILAND will cover an area of 3 billion square feet DUBAILAND has 7 themes: Theme parks, culture & art, science & planetariums, sports & sports academies, wellbeing & health, shopping & retail and resorts & hotels DUBAILAND has a total of 45 mega projects Projects currently operational include: Autodrome, Polo & Equestrian Club and Al Sahra Desert Resort DUBAILAND expects a footfall of 40,000 visitors a day and 15 millions visitors a year once fully operational The diverse projects under DUBAILAND include theme parks, eco-tourism projects, shopping malls, restaurants and residential units that are being developed by UAE, GCC and international investors DUBAILAND will have a minimum of 55 hotels within its geographical location DUBAILAND projects a population of 2.5 million people, which includes tourists, workers and residents, once fully operational