Theme Week Abu Dhabi – Yas Island | Wingsch Real Estate Investments

Theme Week Abu Dhabi – Yas Island

Wednesday, 18 July 2012 - 01:52 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Gulf States / Golfstaaten
Category/Kategorie: General, Hotels

Yas Viceroy Hotel © yasisland.ae

Yas Marina Island is an artificial island in Abu Dhabi near natural Sir Bani Yas island. The island is the site of a US$36 billion development project by Aldar Properties. It occupies a total land area of 2,500 hectares, of which 1,700 hectares will be claimed for development. The island holds the Yas Island Circuit, which hosts the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix since 2009.

It will also feature attractions such as Warner Bros. Movie World, a movie theme park by Warner Bros, Ferrari World, hotels including Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi Hotel, a water park, and Yas Mall, the Abu Dhabi destination retail development of 300,000 sq m retail area; links and parkland golf courses, lagoon hotels, marinas, polo clubs, apartments, villas and food and beverage outlets that will create a tourist destination.

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Formula 1 Marina Circuit © yasisland.ae

Yas Island was named the World’s leading tourism project at the World Travel Awards in November 2009.

Read more on Yas Island and Wikipedia Yas Island.

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Tags: Abu Dhabi, Aldar Properties, Arabian Gulf, Arabischer Golf, Theme Week, Themenwoche, UAE, United Arab Emirates, VAE, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Yas Insel, Yas Island, Yas Marina Circuit

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