How significant a role will entertainment and leisure facilities play in generating tourism?
Abdul Rahman: Leisure will be number one, especially with the summer coming. Leisure includes shopping – other destinations say that shopping is different from leisure, but here, leisure includes shopping and entertainment. Al Muhairi: In the future, as the destination develops and grows, entertainment and leisure facilities will play more of a role in attracting and retaining repeat visitors to Abu Dhabi. We will host the inaugural 2009 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the opening of the multi-experiential Desert Islands nature-based destination and develop Saadiyat Island, the culture district offering visitors new branches of the Guggenheim and Louvre museums. Al Nuaimi: Qatar definitely doesn’t want to attract mass tourism. Yet we’re developing two major fields for periphery high-end leisure activities: culture and sports. The number of visitors coming for cultural reasons has significantly increased since the opening of the Museum of Islamic Art last December. The Mu
