He stressed that the citizen is the first priority..and development projects aim to make people happy and serve society
Mohammed bin Rashid approves 6 new projects within the Hatta development plan
The projects play an important role in promoting domestic tourism and the environmental sustainability of the region.
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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved a number of designs for new tourism projects within the framework of the comprehensive development plan for the development of the Hatta region launched by His Highness. The projects include the "Dubai Mountain Summit" and the "Hatta Sustainable Falls". Allowing the people of Hatta to build 200 holiday inns will provide an annual income of more than 100 million dirhams for the people of the region.
His Highness said: "We have a unique development experience in Hatta, where the people of the region have directly benefited from the projects, and the citizen will remain the first priority, and our development projects aim to make people happy and serve the community...and development will not stop so that we can continue building the most beautiful city in the world, and our country will continue its development launch."
These projects will play an important role in promoting domestic tourism and the environmental sustainability of the region, by highlighting the importance of preserving the environment, benefiting from renewable energy sources and enhancing the quality of life for community members.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum stressed that the city of Hatta is a model for small cities in the region, which in a short period has turned into one of the most important tourist destinations in the emirate due to its different lifestyle, and the development and tourism projects in it will have a significant impact on promoting tourism. National, and to provide a distinctive tourism and cultural experience for visitors and society in line with the position of Dubai tourism, and through a set of qualitative projects while preserving the heritage and culture of the region.
The Hatta development plan, launched in 2016, contributed to the increase in tourist demand, with an increase of 15 times until last year. The number of visitors grew from 60,000 visitors in 2016 to more than one million visitors in 2020.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said: "Within the Hatta development plan, we have approved six new projects, the designs of the Dubai mountain summit at an altitude of 1,300 meters ... a cable car with a length of 5.4 km, the sustainable Hatta waterfalls, an international hotel, and Hiking tracks, reaching the highest peak in Dubai / Umm Al-Nisour mountain is 1,300 meters, and also allowing the people of Hatta to build 200 holiday inns to support domestic tourism.”
His Highness added: "Since we started in 2016 our development project in Hatta, tourists have doubled from 60,000 to one million visitors in 2020, and the new projects of the Dubai Electricity Authority will provide 500 jobs for the youth of Hatta, and the new vacation homes will provide an annual income of more than 100 million dirhams for the people of the region ... and will remain A decent life for our citizens is our goal in all our projects.”
The “Dubai Mountain Summit” and “Hatta Sustainable Waterfalls” project, which are implemented by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, among a number of tourism projects, aim to support plans for the development of the region and the development of Hatta and enhance its position as one of the most prominent tourist attractions in the Emirate of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates. Major projects implemented by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority in the region, which will constitute an important addition to tourism in the Emirate of Dubai.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has approved the design of the Dubai Mountain Summit project, due to the integrated elements contained in the design, which will make the project a leading global tourist destination, in addition to its harmony with the environment of Hatta in general and the mountainous region in which the project will be implemented in particular.
A large number of international institutions and houses of expertise had participated in the global competition that was launched for the engineering design of the project, with the aim of achieving it according to the highest international standards. EDF.
The "Dubai Mountain Summit" project includes the construction of a 5.4-kilometre cable car to transport tourists from the Hatta Dam area to the Umm Al Nsour summit in the Hatta region, the highest natural peak in the Emirate of Dubai, with an altitude of 1,300 meters above sea level.
The project will constitute an important tourist attraction in the United Arab Emirates. The cable car route was chosen to pass over the Hatta Dam lake and the upper dam lake for the hydroelectric station project implemented by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority in Hatta, passing through the mountain range until it reaches the summit of Umm Al-Nusour.
The project includes three main stations, including the departure station, which will be built on an upper platform above the Hatta Dam and connected to car parks using one of the advanced means of transportation, the intermediate station, which contains a viewing platform and facilities to serve tourists, a luxury hotel that will be built according to the highest specifications and standards, and the summit station, which will include Panoramic viewing platform, facilities to cater to tourists and hotel suites belonging to the main hotel.
The project will also include hiking trails in the mountains, up to Umm Al-Nisour summit, and recreational facilities, in addition to other services that provide a world-class tourist environment.
Deputy Head of State:
• "Development will not stop in order to complete the construction of the most beautiful city in the world... and our country continues its developmental start."
• «Hatta is a model for small cities in an area that has transformed in a short period into one of the most important tourist destinations».
• «The development and tourism projects will have a significant impact on promoting national tourism, and providing a distinctive cultural experience».
• “Since we started our project in Hatta in 2016, tourists have doubled from 60,000 to one million visitors in 2020.”
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■ Designs of the Dubai mountain peak at an altitude of 1300 meters.
■ Cable car with a length of 5.4 km.
■ Sustainable Hatta Falls.
■ International hotel.
■ Hiking trails to the highest peak in Dubai / Jebel Umm Al Nsour, 1300 meters.
■ Allow the people of Hatta to build 200 holiday inns to support domestic tourism.
Hatta Sustainable Waterfalls
The Hatta Sustainable Waterfalls project includes exploiting the slope of the Hatta Dam and using it as a natural waterfall, and creating a water stream along the parking lots below the dam, so that this water can be collected at the end of the stream, recycled and pumped to the top of the slope, in addition to raising fish in the water stream, which constitutes an element of attraction. For children and families, as well as developing the area to include entertainment spaces and restaurants.
Hatta is a tourism and investment center par excellence
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, said: “Within the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Hatta will be a center of tourism and investment par excellence while preserving the city’s ancient heritage. Its attractive nature. The authority implements pioneering projects in Hatta, through which we aim to develop the region and meet the needs of social, economic and environmental development, in addition to providing innovative job opportunities for the citizens of the region and enhancing community happiness. The geological conditions of the Hatta region, taking into account the highest international environmental standards to preserve the Hatta Mountain Reserve, and to harmonize the project with its surroundings in the Hatta region, and provide a qualitative and unique experience for UAE tourists and show the beauty of the mountainous regions of the country.”Al Tayer explained that the projects implemented by the authority in Hatta will provide about 200 jobs in the technical, administrative and operational fields, and more than 300 jobs in the visitor center, outdoor activities and tourism facilities associated with the project.
• The new "Dubai Electricity" projects provide 500 jobs for the youth of Hatta.
• Holiday homes provide an annual income of more than 100 million dirhams for the people of Hatta.
• «Dubai Mountain Summit» includes the construction of a cable car to transport tourists from the Hatta Dam area to the summit of Umm Al-Nusour.
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