The Walt Disney Company and Miral, an Abu Dhabi-based leisure and entertainment company, have announced an agreement to create a Disney theme park | The waterfront resort, to be developed by Abu Dhabi-based company Miral,

A new Disney theme park is being built in Abu Dhabi, the company disclosed last week.

The project, which marks the seventh Disney theme park globally and the first in the Middle East, will be constructed along the beachfront to provide entertainment and recreation for tourists from around the world. Disney and its Imagineers team will lead the creative design and oversee park operations.