ABU DHABI: Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), the master developer of tourism, cultural and residential destinations in Abu Dhabi, yesterday hosted His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, President and Chairman of the Board of the Saudi Commission for Tourism & Antiquities (SCTA), KSA, for a special visit to Saadiyat.

HRH Prince Sultan was greeted by Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Chairman of TDIC and Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, alongside TDIC's senior management.

HRH Prince Sultan toured Manarat Al Saadiyat's exhibition, The Saadiyat Story, which depicts the development of Saadiyat as it emerges as an unparalleled international destination for cultural and tourism.

During the tour he received an update on the Saadiyat Cultural District which will be home to the Zayed National Museum, Louvre Abu Dhabi and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.

Following this, he was shown Jawaher Al Saadiyat, a selection of show homes for the Saadiyat Beach Villas residential project.

The tour concluded at Saadiyat Beach, where the group viewed construction projects that will open by the end of the year: St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Saadiyat Island and Monte - Carlo Beach Club, Saadiyat.

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