Ngaphandle kokudodobala kwezoqoqosho kwihlabathi liphela, u-Abu Dhabi uqhubela phambili nezicwangciso zophuhliso lweehotele kunye nezinto ezinomtsalane. I-spotlight iphendulele i-Abu Dhabi njengenkunzi yenkcubeko ekhulayo egxile ekuphuhliseni iiprojekthi zembono ezisekelwe kuyilo lwangoku kunye nokuzinza, ngokutsho kweengcali zamazwe ngamazwe kunye nophuhliso.
I-Abu Dhabi, inkulu yee-emirates ezisixhenxe ngaphakathi kwe-United Arab Emirates kunye nekhaya kwikomkhulu lelizwe, ikhulise uqikelelo lweendwendwe zehotele iminyaka emihlanu ukusuka kwiithagethi zokuqala ezibekwe ngo-2004. kwiminyaka yakutshanje emva kwesigqibo sikarhulumente sokukhuthaza ukhenketho njengecandelo eliphambili eliphambili kwisicwangciso-qhinga salo sokwahlukana. Ngaphandle kokukhanya kwelanga unyaka wonke, iihotele ezintle kunye nezixhobo ezigqwesileyo zokuzonwabisa, ezemidlalo, ezivenkileni kunye nokutya, i-emirate ibonelela ngencasa eyiyo yenkcubeko yase-Arabia kunye nobuhle bendalo obubalaseleyo, kubandakanya neendawo ezinkulu zeendunduma zentlango ezingonakaliswanga, ii-oases eziluhlaza kunye neekhilomitha ze-pristine. iilwandle ezinesanti.
Ngaphandle kokudodobala koqoqosho okungazange kugcine iDubai kunye nelizwe liphela lingakhuselekanga, uAbu Dhabi akabambeki. Uphuculo, oluvezwe kwisicwangciso seminyaka emihlanu segunya sika-2008-2012 esaphehlelelwa ngoMeyi ka-2008, lubeke iindwendwe eziqikelelwayo zonyaka kwi-2.7 yezigidi ekupheleni kuka-2012 – 12.5% ngaphezulu kunoko bekulindelekile ekuqaleni. Ujoliso olutsha lukwafuna ukuba i-emirate ibe namagumbi ehotele angama-25,000 ekupheleni kuka-2012, alingana nama-4,000 ngaphezu koqikelelo lwangaphambili. Isicwangciso siya kutyhala isitokhwe sehotele ye-emirate ukuba sinyuke ngamagumbi ali-13,000 kuluhlu olukhoyo lwangoku.
U-Abu Dhabi, nangona kunjalo, akabuhoyi ubungozi kunye nobungozi bokusebenza kwindawo yokudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi. “Ngetyala letyala kwihlabathi liphela elibangela ukungaqiniseki kuninzi lweshishini lezindlu nomhlaba, abatyali-zimali balumkile ngokwendalo malunga nokuba bagxile phi,” utshilo uRohan Marwaha, umlawuli olawulayo weCityscape Abu Dhabi 2009 umboniso worhwebo.
"Ngeebhiliyoni zeebhiliyoni zezicwangciso zexesha elide zophuhliso oluqhubekayo lweziseko ezingundoqo, u-Abu Dhabi ubonelela umhlaba ngamathuba amangalisayo angekhoyo kwenye indawo," wongeze watsho. "Into ecacayo kwimeko entsha yezoqoqosho lwehlabathi kukuba i-Abu Dhabi, ikhawuleza izimise njengokukhanya kokuvuselelwa kwenkcubeko kunye nokugxila kwikamva, iindawo zokuhlala ezizinzileyo kunye nezorhwebo."
Ugxininiso lwenkcubeko ka-Abu Dhabi lugxile kuphuhliso lweSiqithi saseSaadiyat esibandakanya isebe lokuqala leLouvre ngaphandle kweParis kunye nelona Myuziyam inkulu yehlabathi yaseGuggenheim eBilbao, uMmangaliso weHlabathi wale mihla oyilwe nguFrank Gehry. Ngokufanelekileyo, iSaadiyat iguqulela ngokufanelekileyo 'njengesiqithi solonwabo'.
Isiqithi saseSaadiyat sisiqithi esikhulu, esisezantsi, malunga neemitha ezingama-500 ukusuka kunxweme lwase-Abu Dhabi ephuhliswe ngexabiso le-27 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zaseMelika kuyilo oluxubeneyo lwentengiso, yokuhlala kunye nokuzonwabisa.
UPhakamileyo uSheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, usihlalo, uGunyaziwe wezoKhenketho e-Abu Dhabi uthe, "I-Emirates ibonakaliswe lilifa lenkcubeko kunye nelifa. Kuphononongo lwe-2003 esilugqibileyo kunye ne-UNESCO, uviwo olucokisekileyo lwengxelo yokugqibela lubonise ukuba sineendawo ezininzi ezinokufakwa kuLuhlu lweLifa leMveli. Xa sasidala i-ADTA ngo-2004, owona msebenzi wethu wawubaluleke kakhulu yayikukudala iSiqithi saseSaadiyat. Sasinombono wokuvula iimyuziyam ezihambelana nombono weenkokheli zase-Abu Dhabi ezinjongo yazo ikukugcina inkcubeko kwaye iyenze ibe yinxalenye yemfundo yasekhaya. Xa sasisungula isicwangciso esiphambili ngo-2007, siye savula iimyuziyam ezimbini ezintsha ezimele ubugcisa obuphezulu bamazwe angaphandle. UGunyaziwe wezoKhenketho wase-Abu Dhabi (ADTA) ngumbutho ophambili olawula ishishini lokhenketho kwisihlalo sikarhulumente welona lizwe liphumeleleyo kuMbindi Mpuma, kude kube ngoku.
Kwicala lozinzo, i-Abu Dhabi ibonelela ngomzekelo wehlabathi jikelele kunye nefemu yoyilo yase-UK yase-UK i-Foster and Partners master ecwangcisa isixeko sokuqala sekhabhoni esinguziro. Eyaziwa ngokuba sisiXeko saseMasdar, uphuhliso olungoovulindlela sele luqalisile ukwakhiwa kwaye ekugqibeleni luya kuhlala abantu abangama-40,000 ngaphandle kokukhutshelwa kwegesi eluhlaza kwaye akukho nkunkuma.
"Nangona uphuhliso lokhenketho lweshishini kulindeleke ukuba luxhase u-Abu Dhabi ngexesha lokudodobala kwezimali, i-emirate iqhubela phambili ngezinto ezinomtsalane zenkcubeko ixesha elide," utshilo uMarwaha.
Isithili senkcubeko yeSiqithi saseSaadiyat sisendleleni eya kugqitywa ngexesha, kunye nokwakhiwa kweemyuziyam zaseLouvre, eGuggenheim kunye ne-Sheikh Zayed National ecwangciselwe ukuqala kulo nyaka, kungekho kulibaziseka okulindelekileyo kwinkqubela phambili yabo, ngokutsho komlawuli weCityscape. Isithili senkcubeko yeSiqithi saseSaadiyat sesinye seendawo ezicetyiweyo zokhenketho kwaye kulindeleke ukuba kutsalwe iindwendwe ezisisi-1.5 sezigidi ngonyaka xa sele kugqitywe ngokupheleleyo ngo-2018 kwaye iya kuba likhaya kubantu abamalunga ne-160,000. Xa le projekthi yayibhengezwa okokuqala, isiqithi bekulindeleke ukuba sitsale utyalo-mali olungaphezu kweebhiliyoni ezingama-27 zeerandi.
Imyuziyam yaseGuggenheim ephawulekayo e-Abu Dhabi iya kuba yiGuggenheim enkulu kwi-30,000 yeemitha ezikwere. Yakhiwa ngeendleko eziqikelelwa kwi-400 yezigidi zeerandi. Imisebenzi yangaphambili eyaziwa kakhulu kaGehry iquka i-titanium eyaziwayo kwihlabathi egqunywe eGuggenheim eBilbao, eSpain. IMyuziyam yaseLouvre ephahle ngendlela efanayo ecetyelwe i-Abu Dhabi iyilwe ngumyili wezakhiwo waseFransi uJean Nouvel owawongwa ngeBhaso lePritzker lowama-2008 ngokuzama kwakhe ukuyila. Imisebenzi yakhe ibandakanya i-Institut du Monde Arabe (Iziko leHlabathi lama-Arabhu) eParis, esebenzisa imiba yolwakhiwo lwamaSilamsi kwaye, njengeLouvre ngokwayo, yenye yezalathiso zenkcubeko yekomkhulu laseFransi.
UMarwaha uthe imarike yepropathi yase-Abu Dhabi ihlala yomelele. “Kufuneka uqhathanise i-Abu Dhabi nezinye izixeko zamazwe aphesheya ngokobungakanani bendawo abakuyo kwiirada zabatyali-mali bamaziko kunye nabantu abanexabiso eliphezulu,” utshilo. "I-Abu Dhabi isesisiphakamiso esomeleleyo kwaye inokukhula okuninzi ekufuneka kudlule kuyo."
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Abu Dhabi’s cultural focus is centered on the Saadiyat Island development which includes the first branch of the Louvre outside of Paris and the world's largest Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, a modern-day Wonder of the World designed by Frank Gehry.
- The Saadiyat Island is a large, low-lying island, some 500 meters off the coast of Abu Dhabi developed at a cost of US$ 27 billion in a mixed commercial, residential, and leisure project design.
- “What is becoming clear in the new global economic climate is that Abu Dhabi, is fast establishing itself as a beacon of cultural renaissance as well as a focus for futuristic, sustainable residential and commercial habitats.
