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5-acre underwater dive park planned for Dubai

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Plans for The Pearl of Dubai, a five-acre underwater park, have been announced. The underwater park is being billed as the largest sustainable underwater tourism site. The goal for the “green” development is to attract swimmers, snorkelers, scuba divers and marine life to the underwater artificial reef structures.The plans for the underwater development were inspired by the Pirates of the Caribbean and Avatar films.

Los Angeles based Reef Worlds, an underwater tourism development company, is designing the underwater park. The completion date has not yet been announced.