Ras Al Khaimah attracted the world's attention during the New Year's celebrations, as the emirate succeeded in setting two new records at "Guinness World Records."
With hundreds of thousands of visitors, including tourists from all over the world, the spectacular fireworks show lasted for 13 minutes, attracting the attention of viewers through live broadcasts over the Internet, and the most important television broadcasting networks around the world.
In a move that cemented Ras Al Khaimah's status as the capital of Gulf tourism for the year 2020, the emirate achieved a historic achievement with two new hard records in "Guinness World Records" for the two categories of the largest number of drones used to launch fireworks simultaneously and the longest waterfall of fireworks, in the presence of A specialized audit and arbitration committee from "Guinness World Records", thus raising the number of records recorded by the fireworks display in Ras Al Khaimah in "Guinness" to five new records in only three years.
The first record was achieved thanks to the use of 173 PyroDrones ™ drones to launch fireworks simultaneously, to receive the new world through a visual shape in the shape of 2020 in the sky, followed by the emergence of elegant chandeliers hanging from the lights, to later depict expressive creations symbolizing the most prominent features Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, and the latest fireworks and wireless technology were used to illuminate the emirate's beaches and sky with astonishing glamor of dazzling colors and shapes.
As for the second record, it was in the category of the longest waterfall of fireworks with a length of 3788.86 meters, overcoming Ras Al Khaimah over the previous record of 3517.23 meters, which is registered in Fukuoka, Japan. And required to win the record number of fireworks size not less than 28 centimeters in length and a diameter of no less than 3 centimeters, and to be suspended by the extension of 3788.86 meters to ensure an amazing display for visitors at the conclusion of this exceptional event.
Visitors began to flow to the main site of the event on "Al Marjan Island", the most prominent housing and hospitality destination developed by "Marjan", the main developer of freehold projects in Ras Al Khaimah, in the early evening, in addition to a heavy presence in the Al Hamra area, and the event witnessed many Activities directed at families including dining carts, and launching tickets for DJ music shows, to entertain visitors and ensure they have a great time before fireworks begin.
For the first time, Ras Al Khaimah hosted the private New Year's gala dinner, with the participation of artist Najwa Karam and artist Walid Al-Shami.
A spokesman for the Supreme Organizing Committee for New Year's celebrations in Ras Al-Khaimah said: "New Year's celebrations succeeded in attracting the world's attention to Ras Al-Khaimah and the United Arab Emirates, and welcomed hundreds of thousands of visitors in one of the most festive events to celebrate New Year 2020.
This event embodies the vision of our wise leadership aiming at establishing the emirate's position as one of the world’s favorite destinations to celebrate the New Year, by focusing on spreading the values of love, safety and positivity from the UAE, to the whole world. In addition to registering fireworks shows for two new records at "Guinness World Records", we are confident that this major event will contribute to confirming the leading position that the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah enjoys as an ideal destination for tourism, retail and entertainment in the region, thanks to the exceptional opportunities it provides for investors It makes it an ideal choice for work, housing and leisure. On this occasion, we would like to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to all our partners and everyone who contributed to the impressive success of this year's celebrations. "
Fireworks shows and many other activities were broadcast live over the Internet, to be watched by billions of people around the world, in addition to the live broadcasts from the most prominent regional and international TV channels.
The great success of the New Year celebrations in Ras Al Khaimah came as a result of close and constructive cooperation between many parties, including Morgan Company, Ras Al Khaimah Police, Ras Al Khaimah Government Media Office, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority, Ras Al Khaimah Chamber of Commerce, and the Public Works Authority General, Al Hamra Company, Ras Al Khaimah Municipality, and others.
Fireworks displays at New Year's celebrations 2019 in Ras Al-Khaimah have set two new records in "Guinness World Records" for the categories "the longest fireworks series in the world" and "the longest straight line of fireworks in the world", while entered the shows year 2018 Guinness World Records for the "World's Largest Fireworks in the World" category.