The new IMG Worlds of Adventure mega-theme park, the first of seven major amusements parks set to open over the next four years in the United Arab Emirates, is due to open “in a matter of weeks” according to Middle East sources.  Most of them should be in operation before the end of 2016.  Around US$6bn is being spent on the development of the parks that are expected to attract between them 18m visitors by 2021.

Dubai Parks and Resorts, one of the major developers involved in the projects, is raising the resources to build the new Six Flags park in Dubai – one of four major parks it has on its plan. The parks include Motiongate, the move-themed location, Dubai Safari Park, the Dubai Eye giant wheel, the Dubai Water Canal and other tourism projects.