Happy New Year 2023

UAE's Ras Al Khaimah's New Year's Eve celebrations broke the Guinness World Record for the largest fleet of drones to form an aerial New Year's greeting.

In addition to the spectacular lights and firework display, a mesmerising, synchronised performance by The Dubai Fountain was also organised. The world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, served as the world’s biggest launchpad for a spectacular show that combined lasers, lights, and fireworks. Sources said that the show featured 600 drones choreographed to electric beats and the display covered a stretch of over 4.7 kilometres (2.9 miles) along the waterfront which lasted for 12 minutes.

For the best fireworks view, people gathered at Burj Park, a little island in Burj Lake. However, the crowd was diverted by Dubai Police to Marasi Drive as ...

TRENDING The Emaar New Year's Eve celebrations also featured a laser show in Downtown Dubai. However, the crowd was diverted by Dubai Police to Marasi Drive as Burj Khalifa Street was closed. It was truly the biggest and brightest show to usher in 2023. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted spectacular celebrations and fireworks on new year's eve. Happy New Year from Emaar!"

The emirate has once again taken two Guinness World Record titles.

There were 30,000 visitors and hotels across the emirate were fully booked, according to a statement from Visit Ras Al Khaimah. [Ras Al Khaimah](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/ras-al-khaimah/) has once again dazzled New Year's Eve revellers with a [record-breaking fireworks display](https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/things-to-do/2022/12/22/abu-dhabi-dubai-and-rak-bidding-to-break-fireworks-world-records-on-new-years-eve/). “Ras Al Khaimah has once again proven its position as a leading tourism destination that welcomes people from all over the globe," said Raki Phillips, chief executive of Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority.

The Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE ushered in the New Year in legendary fashion with a mesmerising pyro-musical show, smashing two Guinness World ...

[#RAKNYE2023](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/raknye2023/) pyro-musical show featured 600 drones, nano lights, colours and shapes all choreographed to electric beats. The stunning celebrations featured a dazzling 12-minute display of over 670 drones choreographed to electric beats, covering 4.7 kilometers of beachfront and reaching a height of 1,100 meters. The video was captioned as ''#RAKNYE2023 has just smashed two new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS titles.

A scintillating display of drones and fireworks, reaching 1,100 metres into the night sky, broke a world record in the Ras Al Khaimah emirate of the UAE. · 670 ...

The Newshour [drones](/topic/drones)lit up the night sky, while [fireworks](/topic/fireworks)— some reaching as high as 1,100 metres — combined with nano lights and a kaleidoscopic explosion of colours to produce a pyro-musical show. [UAE](/topic/uae), January 1: [Ras Al Khaimah](/topic/ras-al-khaimah), an up-and-coming travel and business hub in the UAE, is setting [Guinness World Records](/topic/guinness-world-records)left right and centre.

Over 670 drones illuminated the night sky, while pyro-musical fireworks, some of which reached heights of 1100 metres, blended with nano lights and a ...

Over 670 drones illuminated the night sky, while pyro-musical fireworks, some of which reached heights of 1,100 metres, blended with nano lights and a kaleidoscopic eruption of colours. Both the Largest Aerial Sentence Formed by Multirotors/Drones and the Largest Number of Operated Multi-Rotors/Drones with a Simultaneous Fireworks Display was awarded to Ras Al Khaimah. Drones spelled out the largest "Happy New Year 2023" greeting as the video came to a close, and then the RAKashida logo, which symbolises the desert, sea, and mountains, appeared. 458 drones have previously set the world record. According to The National News, the floating display travelled a distance of 4.7 kilometres while being coordinated to electronic beats. The northern emirate gained two more when, on December 31, 2022, a glittering New Year's spectacle enthralled thousands of onlookers.

the uaes ras al khaimahs new years eve celebrations broke the guinness world record for the largest fleet of multirotor drones to form an aerial new years ...

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