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The Dubai Safari will reopen soon with many new inhabitants, including four African elephants that were flown in from Zimbabwe earlier in the year. The location also has a new Adventure Village.
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The UAE this week saw its first children’s water park, opened in the emirate of Ajman by the local tourism development department.
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The first snow park in Oman is on schedule to open in March of 2019, said one of the partners in the joint venture, Unlimited Snow of the Netherlands. The Snow Park in the Mall of Muscat has been in development since 2015.
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The UAE emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, travelled to China to present its vision for sustainable tourism at the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).
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Closing yesterday (October 30) at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Dubai, was the big RECon Middle East and North Africa conference with awards programme that has run for three days. Among the exhibitors was the UAE-based mall operator Line Investments and Property.
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Three major Saudi tourism projects are still on track despite the political fallout over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi that has dominated global headlines over the past few weeks. The projects, the tourism-related NEOM, the Red Sea project and the establishing of a Six Flags theme park in the country, are all apparently unaffected.
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