Naphezu kokuwohloka komnotho okujulile emhlabeni wonke, i-Abu Dhabi iqhubekela phambili nezinhlelo zokuthuthukiswa kwamahhotela nezindawo ezikhangayo. Ukugqama sekuvule i-Abu Dhabi njengenhloko-dolobha yamasiko esafufusa egxile ekuthuthukiseni amaphrojekthi anombono asekelwe ekwakhiweni kwesimanjemanje kanye nokusimama, ngokusho kochwepheshe bamazwe ngamazwe ngendawo nentuthuko.
I-Abu Dhabi, okuyizwe elikhulu kunawo wonke kweziyisikhombisa e-United Arab Emirates futhi eyikhaya lenhloko-dolobha yezwe, ikhulise ukuqagela kwezivakashi zamahhotela iminyaka emihlanu ukusuka kulokho okwakuhloswe ekuqaleni kuka-2004. I-Abu Dhabi isivele njengenye yezindawo ezithuthuka ngokushesha kakhulu emhlabeni. eminyakeni yamuva nje kulandela isinqumo sikahulumeni sokuqhakambisa ezokuvakasha njengomkhakha obalulekile eqhulwini ezinhlelweni zawo zokuhlukahluka. Ngaphandle kokukhanya kwelanga unyaka wonke, amahhotela amahle kanye nezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zokungcebeleka, ezemidlalo, ukuyothenga kanye nokudla, i-emirate inikeza ukunambitheka kwangempela kwesiko lendabuko lase-Arabia nobuhle bemvelo obuvelele, okuhlanganisa nodedangendlale bezindunduma zasogwadule ezingonakalisiwe, ama-oases aluhlaza namamayela ahlanzekile. amabhishi anesihlabathi.
Naphezu kokuwohloka komnotho okungagcinanga i-Dubai kanye nezwe lonke lingavikelekile, i-Abu Dhabi ayibambeki. Lokhu kuthuthukiswa, okuvezwe ohlelweni lweminyaka emihlanu lweziphathimandla luka-2008-2012 olwethulwe ngoMeyi 2008, kubeke izivakashi zaminyaka yonke ezilinganiselwa ku-2.7 million ekupheleni kuka-2012 – 12.5% ngaphezu kwalokho obekulindelekile ekuqaleni. Okuhlosiwe okusha futhi kudinga ukuthi i-emirate ibe namagumbi amahhotela angu-25,000 ekupheleni kuka-2012, alingana nezi-4,000 ngaphezu kwesibikezelo sasekuqaleni. Uhlelo luzonyusa isitokwe sehhotela le-emirate ngamakamelo angu-13,000 kuhlu lwalo lwamanje olutholakalayo.
I-Abu Dhabi, nokho, ayizishayi indiva izingozi nobungozi bokusebenza endaweni yomnotho emhlabeni jikelele. "Ngenxa yenkinga yezikweletu emhlabeni wonke edala ukungaqiniseki embonini yezindawo ezithengiswayo, abatshalizimali bayaqaphela ngokwemvelo ukuthi bangagxila kuphi," kusho uRohan Marwaha, umqondisi ophethe we-Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2009 trade show.
"Ngezinhlelo zayo zesikhathi eside zezigidigidi zamadola zokuqhubeka nokuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda, i-Abu Dhabi ihlinzeka umhlaba ngamathuba amangalisayo angekho kwenye indawo," engeza. "Okucacayo esimweni esisha somnotho emhlabeni wonke ukuthi i-Abu Dhabi, isizigqamisa ngokushesha njengesibani sokuvuselela amasiko kanye nokugxila kwekusasa, izindawo zokuhlala ezizinzile nezentengiselwano."
I-Abu Dhabi igxile kakhulu kwezamasiko ekuthuthukisweni kweSiqhingi Saadiyat okuhlanganisa igatsha lokuqala le-Louvre ngaphandle kwaseParis kanye neGuggenheim Museum enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni ese-Bilbao, i-Wonder of the World yanamuhla eklanywe nguFrank Gehry. Ngokufanelekile, iSaadiyat ihumusha kahle ngokuthi 'isiqhingi senjabulo'.
Isiqhingi saseSaadiyat siyisiqhingi esikhulu, esiphansi, esingamamitha angama-500 ukusuka ogwini lwase-Abu Dhabi esakhiwe ngezindleko zamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-27 emklamo oxubile wephrojekthi yezohwebo, indawo yokuhlala, nezokungcebeleka.
U-Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, usihlalo we-Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority uthe, "I-Emirates ibonakala ngefa lamasiko namagugu. Ocwaningweni lwango-2003 esiluphothulile ne-UNESCO, ukuhlola ngokucophelela umbiko wokugcina kubonise ukuthi sinezindawo eziningi ezingafakwa ohlwini lwamagugu omhlaba. Ngenkathi sidala i-ADTA ngo-2004, umsebenzi wethu obaluleke kakhulu kwakuwukudala isiqhingi sase-Saadiyat. Sibe nomqondo wokuvula iminyuziyamu ehambisana nombono wabaholi base-Abu Dhabi abanhloso yabo kuwukugcina isiko nokulenza libe ingxenye nengxenye yemfundo yasendaweni. Ngesikhathi sethula i-master plan ngo-2007, saphinde savula iminyuziyamu emibili emele ezobuciko ezisezingeni eliphezulu zangaphandle.” I-Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) iyinhlangano esezingeni eliphezulu ephethe imboni yezokuvakasha esihlalweni sikahulumeni wesizwe esiphumelele kakhulu eMiddle East, kuze kube manje.
Ngasohlangothini lokusimama, i-Abu Dhabi iyisibonelo esihle emhlabeni jikelele nefemu yezakhiwo yase-UK i-Foster and Partners master ehlela idolobha lokuqala lekhabhoni elinguziro emhlabeni. Eyaziwa ngokuthi iDolobha laseMasdar, intuthuko yokuqala isiqalile ukwakhiwa futhi izogcina ihlalise abantu abangu-40,000 ngaphandle kokukhipha isisi esibamba ukushisa kanye nemfucuza.
"Yize ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha kwezamabhizinisi kulindeleke ukuthi kusekele i-Abu Dhabi ngesikhathi sokwehla kwezimali, i-emirate isaqhubeka nokuheha amasiko isikhathi eside," kusho uMarwaha.
Isifunda samasiko saseSaadiyat Island sisendleleni ezoqedwa ngesikhathi, kanti ukwakhiwa kweminyuziyamu yaseLouvre, Guggenheim kanye neSheikh Zayed National kuhlelwe ukuthi kuqale kulo nyaka, ngaphandle kokubambezeleka okulindelekile enqubeni yabo, ngokusho komqondisi weCityscape. Isifunda samasiko saseSaadiyat Island singesinye sezindawo ezihlelelwe ukuvakashelwa yi-emirate futhi kulindeleke ukuthi sihehe izivakashi eziyizigidi eziyi-1.5 ngonyaka uma sesiqediwe ngokuphelele ngo-2018 futhi sizoba yikhaya labantu ababalelwa ku-160,000. Lapho lo msebenzi umenyezelwa okokuqala, isiqhingi bekulindeleke ukuthi sihehe ukutshalwa kwezimali okungaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama-27 zamaRandi.
I-Drama Museum yase-Guggenheim e-Abu Dhabi izoba yi-Guggenheim enkulu kunazo zonke endaweni engamamitha-skwele angu-30,000. Yakhiwa ngemali elinganiselwa ku-$400 million. Imisebenzi yangaphambilini kaGehry eyaziwa kakhulu ihlanganisa i-titanium edume umhlaba wonke embozwe iGuggenheim eBilbao, eSpain. I-Louvre Museum ebuswa ngendlela efanayo efanayo ehlelelwe i-Abu Dhabi iklanywe umdwebi wamapulani waseFrance u-Jean Nouvel owaklonyeliswa ngomklomelo we-Pritzker wango-2008 ngokuzama kwakhe ukudala. Imisebenzi yakhe ihlanganisa i-Institut du Monde Arabe (I-Arab World Institute) ehlonishwa kakhulu eParis, esebenzisa izici zezakhiwo zamaSulumane futhi, njengeLouvre ngokwayo, ingenye yezindawo zokubhekisela kwezamasiko zenhloko-dolobha yaseFrance.
UMarwaha uthe imakethe yempahla yase-Abu Dhabi isaqinile. "Kufanele uqhathanise i-Abu Dhabi namanye amadolobha omhlaba ngokwezinga abakhona kuma-radar abatshalizimali bezikhungo kanye nabantu abanenani eliphakeme," esho. "I-Abu Dhabi iseyisiphakamiso esiqinile futhi inokukhula okuningi okufanele idlule."
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Abu Dhabi’s cultural focus is centered on the Saadiyat Island development which includes the first branch of the Louvre outside of Paris and the world's largest Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, a modern-day Wonder of the World designed by Frank Gehry.
- The Saadiyat Island is a large, low-lying island, some 500 meters off the coast of Abu Dhabi developed at a cost of US$ 27 billion in a mixed commercial, residential, and leisure project design.
- “What is becoming clear in the new global economic climate is that Abu Dhabi, is fast establishing itself as a beacon of cultural renaissance as well as a focus for futuristic, sustainable residential and commercial habitats.
