12-minute NYE spectacle that lit up the skies of Ras Al Khaimah secured 2 Guinness World Record titles

The 12-minute spectacle lit up skies and secured two titles for them which are: ‘largest number of operated multi-rotors/drones with a simultaneous fireworks display’ and ‘largest aerial sentence formed by multi-rotors/drones' which was created with 673 drones. Ras Al Khaimah thus welcomed 2023 with style by bagging the two Guinness World Records titles with their pyro-musical show.

The show featured state of the art drones, nano lights, colours and shapes all choreographed to electric beats, attracting visitors from around the world. Covering a stretch of over 4.7 kilometres, it reached a height of 1,100 meters and smashed the previous record of 458 drones.

The drones, culminating in a ‘Happy New Year 2023’ message to signal new beginnings, then seamlessly transitioned into the Emirate’s iconic ‘RAKashida’ logo to tie back to the destination. Taking inspiration from the ‘kashida’ concept in Arabic calligraphy – a line that connects letters to form a word – the logo represents the Emirate’s three uniquely recognisable natural elements: the sea with its perpetual swelling and subsiding, the desert with its undulating dunes, and the mountains with their staggering elevations.

The festivities saw over 30,000 visitors and hotels across the emirate fully booked, making it the most visited show to date.