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Achieving a new record Dubai Municipality

witnesses over 16.3 million visitors to its parks

and facilities during H1 2024

24/07/2024

Dubai, UAE, July 23, 2024,
Dubai Municipality recorded a total of 16,391,748 visitors to major public parks, residential parks,

playgrounds as well as recreational facilities in the first half of 2024, marking a substantial increase of 1.3
million visitors as compared to the same period last year.

Visitors to residential parks in the Emirate reached 10,613,996, while those to the five major parks was

3,146, 480, distributed between Al-Mamzar Park with 1,000,755 visitors; Mushrif Park with 874,201 visitors;
583,508 visitors to Creek Park; Za'abeel Park with 545,335 visitors, and Al-Safa Park with 142,681 visitors.

Furthermore, 1,037,402 people visited the Quranic Park, while the number of people visiting the Dubai Frame
reached 827,000. As many as 623,904 people visited the bicycle, mountain, and pedestrian pathways at the

Municipality’s parks and facilities. Additionally, 89,385 people visited stadiums, and 53,578 people visited
Children’s City.

Recreational Purposes
H.E. Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai Municipality, highlighted that the half-year statistics

underline the significance and appeal of Dubai Municipality’s parks and facilities as a leisure and tourism
destination for residents, visitors, and community members. He stated that the Municipality provides the
parks with the best services and state-of-the-art equipment, considering it as an integral component of its

work in the management and development of parks, leisure facilities, and tourist attractions in Dubai.

Al Hajri said: “The Municipality is committed to offering exceptional services and experiences for visitors to
enhance their quality of life and happiness. It offers integrated facilities, manages all related operations, and
organizes leisure events throughout the year with the goal of developing new leisure spaces and options.

This reaffirms our dedication to improving the quality of life and appeal of Dubai while also achieving the
Emirate’s tourism aims and objectives, thereby positioning it as a major global travel destination.”

The public parks and recreational areas of Dubai Municipality are easily accessible by a variety of modes of

transportation and offer a total of 13 million spaces. With vast areas of lawns, botanical gardens, and
innovative designs that meet the needs of community members, it aims to enable visitors to enjoy

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