Yas Island
Yas Island (Arabic: جزيرة ياس) is an island in Abu Dhabi.
The island is the site of a US$36 billion development project by Aldar Properties. It occupies a total land area of 2,500 hectares, of which 1,700 hectares will be claimed for development. The island holds the Yas Island Circuit, which hosts the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix since 2009. It will also feature attractions such as Warner Bros. Movie World, a movie theme park by Warner Bros, Ferrari World, hotels including Yas Marina Hotel, a water park, and Yas Mall, the Abu Dhabi destination retail development of 300,000 sq m retail area; links and parkland golf courses, lagoon hotels, marinas, polo clubs, apartments, villas and food and beverage outlets that will create a tourist destination.[citation needed]
Yas Island was named the World's leading tourism project at the World Travel Awards in November 2009.[1]
- Attractions
- Ferrari World
- Yas Marina
- Southern Marina
- Warner Bros. Theme Park
- Yas Island Water Park
- Entertainment venues
- Yas Marina Circuit
- Yas Arena
- Residences and lodging
- Yas Marina Hotel
- Signature Hotel
- Links Golf Course Hotel
- Waterfront Beach Resort
- Yas Hotel
- Northern Villas
- Beachfront Villas
- Waterfront Apartments
- Northern Marina Village
- Yas Village
- Leisure and other miscellaneous spots
- Yas Mall
- Links Golf Course
- Northern Golf Course
- Yas Village Town Center
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- ^ Gangal, Neeraj (11 November 2009). "Yas Island named World’s Leading Tourism Project". Arabian Business. ITP Publishing Group. Archived from the original on 14 November 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20091114080828/http://www.arabianbusiness.com/573253-yas-island-named-worlds-leading-tourism-project. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
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