Disney to open its first theme park within the Middle East | EUROtoday

Walt Disney has introduced plans to open its first theme park within the Middle East.

The resort, which will likely be within the United Arab Emirates on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island, is a collaboration between Walt Disney and native leisure and leisure firm Miral.

Disney already has six theme parks spanning North America, Europe and Asia. Its most up-to-date opening was in 2016 in Shanghai.

Miral is chargeable for the event of Yas Island as a vacationer vacation spot and already operates SeaWorld and Warner Bros World the place it’s creating a Harry Potter-themed park.

In a press release saying the brand new facility, Disney stated the UAE was positioned inside a four-hour flight of one-third of the world’s inhabitants, making it a “significant gateway for tourism”.

It added that 120 million passengers journey by way of Abu Dhabi and Dubai yearly, making the Emirates the most important world airline hub on the planet.

Disney chief govt Robert Iger described the plans for the brand new park as a “thrilling” second for the corporate and stated Disneyland Abu Dhabi can be “authentically Disney and distinctly Emirati”.