The grand spectacle spanned the entire city from the towering Burj Khalifa to the islands of Palm Jumeirah and miles upon miles of waterfront beyond. The final salvo of fireworks formed an artificial “sunrise” along the seafront, heralding a new dawn for this city of big dreams and unrelenting ambition.
“The celebrations marked the end of a momentous year for Dubai -- a year which has laid the groundwork for a prosperous future,” Helal Saeed Almarri, director general of Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, said in a statement Wednesday. Dubai recently won the honor of hosting the World Expo 2020, an event Almarri said would provide a unique platform on which “to communicate the remarkable story of a young city and nation and allow us to positively shape global perceptions of the Arabian Gulf as a destination for both business and leisure.”
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