A multi-billion dollar Desert Snow Village will be a new
project in Ras Al Khaimah targeting up to 15 million visitors
annually, according to the project developer.

"We have been planning this project for the last 10 years,
and this project is totally new in all aspects and will have a
new system in everything, from marketing to the transport network.
It is a project that has been planned from A to Z," Halim
Hani, the project developer, has been reported to have said.

Construction of the Desert Snow Village is set to be carried
out in three stages, with the completion of the entire project
estimated to take between eight and 10 years.

The project was conceived and designed to provide various tourism
and related activities under one roof and generate revenues through
tourism and commercial activities. The village, which is expected
to be an entirely self-sufficient town, will accommodate 350,000
permanent residents in addition to 150,000 daily visitors, who
may ultimately reach 10 million to 15 million per year.

"Everyone who buys an apartment in the project will have
a full medical plan and the children will also receive free education
facilities," Hani said.

The Desert Snow Village also aims to be self-sufficient, offering
residents all the public services and amenities of a regular city,
as well as the services of private companies that come to set
up within the complex. The project will provide various types
of sports, leisure, entertainment and cultural activities, with
its main attraction being a simulation of the North and South
Pole atmospheres with ice related sports.

The project will also include other activities such as water
sports, a monorail, a cable car ride, a roller coaster and electronic
games. An underwater hotel as well as 24 themed hotels, such as
a sport hotel, film production hotel, a kids hotel and a women’s
hotel are part of the many features of the Desert Snow Village,
which will be covered by a dome structure, with a 20-room ice
hotel as well as apartment blocks that have access to the monorail
system.

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