The
Dubai Palm Islands are the most amazing project of Dubai. These artificial archipelagos
are named Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali, and Palm Deira. Palm Jumeirah is the
smallest of the three. It is a manmade island in the shape of gigantic palm
tree and extends 6.5 km into the Arabian Gulf Sea, creating an extra 78 km of
waterfront property to Dubai coastline. Its construction was started in 2001. The
island consists of a trunk, a crown with 16 fronds and a surrounding crescent
where the world famous Atlantis resort is now situated. The crown is connected
to the main Island by a bridge and the crescent is connected to the top of the
palm by an underground sea tunnel. The overall area of the palm island can be
considered approximately larger than 800 football pitches thus doubling the
length of Dubai coastline.
The
purpose of the construction is to increase Dubai’s tourism by providing a
one-of-a-kind tourist destination overflowing with contemporary world-class
hotels, upscale services and facilities and hundreds of more miles of Dubai
beaches all in a world unique to anything anyone has ever seen before.
The
project almost took over 4 years to complete and now acts as the dream home to
nearly 10,000 people. The island is divided into themed hotels, resorts,
apartment buildings, luxury villas (Signature Villas, Garden Homes and Canal
Cove Town Homes) and many retail outlets.
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