The tourism chief of Abu Dhabi does not consider Saudi Arabia as a rival in spite of its recent resurface into the leisure and entertainment sector.
Mohamed Al Mubarak, chairman of Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority, explained that leisure plans comprise Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 would be “complementary” to the UAE capital’s goal to turn out to be a sought-after global attraction.
Questioned in a CNN interview about where Saudi Arabia actually worries him, Al Mubarak said: “Not at all, I truly see it to be a complementary attraction.
“I think the more people we can get to the region and the more attractions that we can have, I mean, between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi that’s a one hour flight, that’s nothing, and most people even right now drive from Abu Dhabi to Riyadh and so I think it will definitely complement the overall experience here in the UAE but at the same time I think what we have accomplished here in the UAE is quite immense,” he added.
In May, Saudi Arabia said main projects comprise 16 entertainment complexes, an aquatic centre and three other huge leisure hubs, all part of a proposal to make sure three important cities of Saudi Arabia make it into the global top 100 for quality of life.
The project, dubbed “Quality of Life Program 2020,” is in part prepared to give confidence to the wealthy young citizens to spend more of their leisure time in the kingdom, where half the population is below 25 years of age.
Al Mubarak was narrating couple of days after the launch of the new $1 billion Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi theme park on Yas Island on Wednesday, the recent string of attractions on the island.
