Dubai Parks and Resorts on track to open in October

Dubai Parks & Resorts (DPR), the Middle East's largest integrated theme park destination, is set to open its many gates to the public in October this year.

This massive amusement park in Dubai will incorporate motiongate™ Dubai, Bollywood Parks™ Dubai, Legoland® Dubai and Legoland® Water Park.

Each of these unique parks will offer guests a variety of entertainment options that have been built to international standards.

The Legoland® Dubai park is the first Legoland park in the Middle East and seventh worldwide. It will be an interactive park designed for children aged two to 12.

Bollywood Parks™ will offer extraordinary entertainment, shopping and dining for those who love the Indian cinema genre.

Similarly, motiongate™ brings characters from DreamWorks Animation, Sony Pictures Studios and Lionsgate to life in true Hollywood style.

The entire experience is brought together by the gateway to the park, Riverland™ Dubai, which is a free-to-enter retail, entertainment and dining destination with shops and restaurants connected via a walkway.

Guests who would like to take their time to explore the entire DPR theme park destination can stay over at the Lapita Hotel, a Polynesian-themed resort catering to families and managed by the Marriott Group.

DPR shows no signs of slowing down

Raed Kajoor Al Nuaimi, CEO of DPR said in April that they are on track to achieve 'The One Thing Goal' that is to open on time and on budget.

Currently 41 construction companies and more than 13,500 workers are on site to make this goal a reality.

In June DPR announced that his had appointed 744 Emiratis as part of its ambitious Emiratisation programme which aims to hire 1,000 UAE nationals across career levels.

DPR is estimated to cost a total AED 10.5bn, attract 6.7m visits in 2017 and earn a projected AED 2.4bn in revenue. It is spread across 25 million square feet of land located on Sheikh Zayed Road, opposite the Palm Jebel Ali in Dubai.

The company, which raised AED 1.68 billion from a rights issue to finance the development of the Six Flags Dubai theme park - and further cement its foothold as the Middle East's largest leisure and entertainment destination - is listed on the Dubai Financial Market. Shares of Dubai Parks and Resorts were up about 33.6 per cent year-to-date.

After recent discussions at board level, it was decided that dXb Entertainment would be the name of the corporate entity, while Dubai Parks and Resorts continues to be the name of the theme park destination.

Six Flags will be the fourth theme park, and will be built in the Jebel Ali free zone. Dubai is encouraging the development of theme parks to help boost foreign tourist arrivals as oil prices slump, causing an economic slowdown in the region.

To find out more, visit Dubai Parks and Resorts