Splashers, a water playground featuring elaborate water games, slides and structures, provides children with a world of thrills and lots of water spills less than 1.1 meters. Atlantis, The Palm offers special rates during the mid-term holidaysJEDDAH: Saudi visitors make up 46.6 percent of total GCC visitors to Dubai, making them the largest number of Arab visitors to the emirate, the Dubai Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DCTM) said over the weekend. In the first three quarters of 2010 alone, 384,730 Saudi visitors visited Dubai, it said. In terms of region, GCC visitors to Dubai have been on the rise, as they get to enjoy major attractions without traveling abroad. Last year, Dubai hotels witnessed a 20 percent increase in the number of GCC visitors during the first six months of 2010, compared to the same period in 2009, DTCM data showed. Against this backdrop, Atlantis, The Palm, the leading entertainment resort destination in the Middle East, has announced special rates and activities to cater to Saudi visitors during the mid-term holidays on Feb. 3-18, including a special rate starting from SR1,368 and exclusive women-only sessions at Dolphin Bay and Splashers play area at Aquaventure, in addition to other activities in key attractions at the resort. “Atlantis, The Palm respects the culture of Arab visitors, and this has led us to create bespoke programs that will enable Arab families to enjoy a memorable experience at Atlantis, The Palm,” said Serge Zaalof, Chief Operating Officer, Atlantis, The Palm. Each of the 1,539 guestrooms and suites in the Royal Towers provide private balconies and views over The Palm or Arabian Gulf. Guests may choose from a variety of accommodation including the indulgent Imperial Club, a “resort within a resort” with over 150 rooms and suites, exclusive services and private club lounge, Bridge Suite, spanning the Royal Towers, a private lift takes guests 22 storeys above Atlantis for heart-stopping views of The Palm, Dubai and The Arabian Gulf and Lost Chambers Suites, each three stories high with mesmerizing views directly into the Ambassador Lagoon from the master bedroom, these two suites located within The Lost Chambers create an illusion of being beneath the sea while looking directly into the heart of Atlantis including a 50 percent off the interconnecting rooms of children below 12 years old when parents booking any suite. For the first time, Dolphin Bay will feature a Ladies-only Interaction, with all-female staff, including marine mammal specialists, photographers and support team. Especially for GCC visitors, Splashers, a water playground featuring elaborate water games, slides and structures, provides children and their parents with a world of thrills and lots of water spills less than 1.1 meters. Aquaventure is the region's largest water park and a water playground of over 18 million liters of water, consisting of extraordinary rides with cascades, tidal waves and rapids.
