Dubai Municipality plans for a Dh205 million ($55.8 million) marine theme park called Dubai Marine World that will offer both knowledge and entertainment to the city’s residents and visitors.

The project, the first of kind in the Middle East, will include a dolphinarium, a fish farm, a gatorville, a research and therapy centre and a coral reef aquarium, spread over a total area of 19,000 sq m in Creek Park.
The Dh33 million dolphinarium which will cover an area of 4,900 sq m, will include a water circus show, dolphin therapy and dolphin sighting excursions. The project will have a shaded and cooled stadium able to accommodate 1,500 guests.
Work on the first phase of the project will start this summer and will be completed by the end of 2005. The next two phases will be built over a period of two years with the final part opening to the public by the end of 2007.