Dubai makes world record for largest fountain

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  Dubai makes world record for largest fountain

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Highlights –  

1. The fountain located at the Pointe at Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, UAE recently broke the record for the world’s largest fountain.
2. It measures a whopping 7,327 m². The fountain spreads over 14,000 ft² of seawater and is equipped with shooters capable of blasting water 105 metres into the air.
3. With multicoloured lights and jets of water blasting into the night sky, the UAE's newest attraction on October 22 secured the Guinness World Record for the world's largest fountain.
4. Dubai, one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, already holds a string of world record titles -- including the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa, and the fastest police car in service, a Bugatti Veyron.
5. The city that attracts millions of tourists had already one of the largest fountains in the world near Burj Khalifa.
6. The new fountain has over 3,000 LED lights, 7,500 nozzles and can shoot water up to 105 metres. 
7. In Spetember 2020, British artist Sacha Jafri broke the record for the largest art canvas measuring 1,595 square metres, also in Dubai.

Important details –

1. Dubai, which has the most diversified economy in oil-rich Gulf region, has been badly hit by the coronavirus slowdown.
2. Its GDP has contracted 3.5 percent in the first quarter, following two years of modest growth.
3. Tourism has long been a mainstay of the emirate, which welcomed more than 16 million visitors in 2019.
4. Before the Covid outbreak, the aim was to reach 20 million this year.
5. Dubai is now largely open for business and tourism, but infection rates have been rising in recent weeks.

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