Yas Island


A man-made island is an island that has been built by individuals rather than the forming due to changes in natural and geographical conditions. Early artificial islands included structures in still waters or wooden or megalithic structures raised in shallow waters. Usually, artificial islands are the places where people go for recreation and it contains hotels and resorts.
There are many artificial islands around the world on both large and small scale some which are Heirisson Island, and port of Brisbane from Australia, Durrat Al Bahrain, and Dyar Al Muharraq, from Bahrain and Khazar Island from Azerbaijan.
Similarly, there is one of the most luxurious artificial islands in the world Yas Island. Yas Island is a man-made island just 30-minute drive from the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. Yas Island is a luxurious dream destination.
The development of Yas Island was a great initiative that started in 2006 by Abu Dhabi-based Aldar Properties, with the point of transforming the island into a multi-purpose recreation, shopping, and amusement hub at an expected of an average cost of over $40 billion. This speculation was arranged as a multi-staged project to expand in multiple phases till 2018, with the stakeholders predicting the extension of the development period to improve by including new venues and upgrading it on the whole. Both business and leisure travelers visit Yas Island. Yas Island was named the world's leading tourism project at the World Travel Awards in November 2009.
It is based on the total land area of 25 square km, of which 1,700 ha was claimed for development.
Yas Marina Circuit:
It was a great news for adrenaline junkies and sports car lovers that Yas Island holds the Yas Marina Circuit, which has also hosted the Formula One Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix since 2009 where they could watch the adrenaline rush in the drivers and can also experience gut churning torque and incredible g-force in riding a sports car on 5.54 km long Yas Marina Circuit.
It Is fully functional and can be configured in five different ways to accommodate a variety of motorsport events. Yas Marina Circuit is the only motorsports venue in the world that offers covered and shaded grandstands throughout the facility, coupled with unique pit lanes that run partially beneath the track.
Yas Links:
Yas Links is an award-winning golf course by Kyle Philips, 24th World's best Golf courses outside the USA, ranked by (Golf Digest USA, 2012). 1.8 million cubic meters of material was dug to shape the 18 Hole Championship Golf Course, Golf Club and Golf Shop, pool Area, air-conditioning studio and meeting and gathering spaces for corporate occasions.
Yas Waterworld:
Yas Waterworld Surf's up! bubbles' Barrel slide has the biggest surf-capable sheet wave surf on the planet and its named as the world’s second-best waterpark by Los Angeles. It has also Won the World Travel Awards award for the Middle East’s Leading Tourist Attraction of the year 2013.
There are many more attractions in Yas island for the tourists to explore including Warner Bros World. Abu Dhabi, Sea world Abu Dhabi, Yas beach and Ferrari World Abu Dhabi. This island is one of the most attractive places to visit in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi for tourists, if you travel to Yas Island you’ll have the experience of the lifetime and some great memories along with it.

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