The UAE is set to become an amusement park hotspot, with an eyewatering $609 million expected to be spent in 2023. This is more than double than the annual spend of $266 million in 2018, IAAPA has reported.
Indoor and outdoor amusement parks are growing popular with visitors in the UAE, with the tourism landscape flourishing faster than most countries in the world. In the last decade, The Emirates has seen the development of:
- Ferrari World Abu Dhabi (2010)
- Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi (2018)
- MOTIONGATE Dubai (2016)
- Legoland Dubai (2016)
- IMG Worlds of Adventure (2016)
For years, the USA and Japan have led the way for the world’s amusement park sector, so its expected the new move will be welcomed by thrill seekers around the world.
The extravagant spend is in conjunction with the UAE’s grand plans to become a global tourism hotspot, rather than relying on oil to drive the economy. With hundreds of more visitor attraction projects in the pipeline, the UAE expects to welcome 25 million visitors to the likes of Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Dubai by 2025.
