The drive to bring even more tourists to the flourishing capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, has taken yet another giant leap forward in the form of the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Just one of three major projects including the Maritime Museum and Performing Arts Center, the Guggenheim and the Zayed National Museum, the Louvre Abu Dhabi is scheduled to open for tourists in 2015.

Art and culture are at the heart of Abu Dhabi's strategy to attract tourists from all over the world.

Over the next few years the capital will put the finishing touches to a host of landmark developments that are tipped to attract visitors keen to have a cultural experience, as well as top up their suntans.

Key to increasing the emirate's appeal is the construction of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, due for completion in 2015, along with the Guggenheim, Zayed National Museum and the Maritime Museum and Performing Arts Centre.

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