The UAE once again marked New Year’s Eve with large-scale celebrations, as several emirates staged fireworks and drone displays built around spectacle, innovation and world-record ambition.
Ras Al Khaimah continued to build on its reputation for memorable New Year’s Eve productions – and officially walked away with a new Guinness World Records title. The emirate confirmed it set the record for the “largest aerial display of a phoenix formed by multirotors / drones”, achieved during its 15-minute coastal display stretching from Al Marjan Island to Al Hamra Island.
The show featured pyrotechnics, LED and laser drones and fireworks choreographed to specially composed music, with organisers saying more than 120,000 people gathered to watch as the phoenix shape lit up the night sky. The display also formed part of RAK’s ongoing push to position itself as one of the UAE’s leading New Year’s Eve destinations for record-breaking visual shows.
Fireworks light up the sky during New Year celebrations in Ras Al Khaimah. Reuters
In Abu Dhabi, the Sheikh Zayed Festival in Al Wathba was among the biggest New Year’s Eve destinations. Organisers prepared a programme centred on Guinness World Record attempts, with plans to secure five new titles across different segments of the evening.
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