Dubai to become top marine tourism destination

Muscat, May 10: Dubai is set to become the world's largest marine sports and tourism destination with the addition of over 51,000 new marinas and a number of large harbours and ports waiting to be built in the emirate.

Director of Marinas at real estate giant Nakheel and managing director of Dubai International Marine Club Saeed Hareb said the colossal projects like Nakheel and the World, the largest cluster of man-made islands in the Arabian sea, were testimony to the strong base of resources and expertise in Dubai, according to the state-run Emirates News Agency (WAM).

Speaking on the final day of the Arabian Travel Mart (ATM) 2008 tourism event, which concluded in Dubai Friday, Hareb said a number of new marinas were being planned in the face of growing demand.