Dubai is all set to become the number one tourist destination in the world .The same company that brought us The Palm Islands, Al Nakheel Properties (Nakheel Corp), have done it again expanding their portfolio of man-made islands with this latest Dubai island project shaped like the continents of the world divided in small islands. The World will consist of between 250 to 300 smaller private artifical islands divided into four categories - private homes, estate homes, dream resorts, and community islands. Each island will range from 250,000 to 900,000 square feet in size, with 50 to 100 metres of water between each island. The development is to cover an area of 9 kilometers in length and 6 kilometers in width, surrounded by an oval shaped breakwater. The only means of transportation between the islands will be by marine transport.
Cost of the project is $1.8 billion.Each island will be sold to selected private developers and are expected to have pricing beginning at Dhs. 25 million (US$ 6.85 million). So if you are planning for a new home offshore this is the best place in the world.
Stragegy behind this step
As the sheikh of dubai knows that the petroleum reserves of dubai are depleting at a faster rate which is the main source of revenue generation and in the future they will not be left with any petrol to sell across the world.So to overcome this shortage in revenue sheikh has decided to convert dubai into a full fledged tourist destination,to attract tourist these sort of island are being made and best example is the construction of palm island in dubai.
Dubai is all set to become the number one tourist destination in the world .The same company that brought us The Palm Islands, Al Nakheel Properties (Nakheel Corp), have done it again expanding their portfolio of man-made islands with this latest Dubai island project shaped like the continents of the world divided in small islands. The World will consist of between 250 to 300 smaller private artifical islands divided into four categories - private homes, estate homes, dream resorts, and community islands. Each island will range from 250,000 to 900,000 square feet in size, with 50 to 100 metres of water between each island. The development is to cover an area of 9 kilometers in length and 6 kilometers in width, surrounded by an oval shaped breakwater. The only means of transportation between the islands will be by marine transport.
