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Giant Man-Made Resort Islands in Saudi Arabia

There seems to be an amazing new trend underway off the coast of Dubai, Saudi Arabia. They are starting to build incredibly large man-made resort islands. For example, this article discusses Palm Island, which will look like this:



Specs for Palm Island:

• 2,000 villas
• 40 hotels
• 120 kilometers of beach
• Built from 80 million cubic meters of dredge
• Attractions include shopping malls, movie theaters, marine parks

For an online sales presentation, go to Palm sales.

This is just one of many large projects getting underway in Dubai. For example:

• There's Dubai Marina, a $10 billion project that will house 100,000 people.
• There is The World, a 200-island complex that will form the shape of the world map. It will be 5.5 km x 5.5 km and have 60 million sqare feet of real estate.
• There is a second Palm Island.

And so on... It will be fascinating to see if this trend takes off in other parts of the world.