kolkata it isnt ready yet but by the year end a four hour flight is all that will take to visit the famous louvre museum two years later the guggenheim museum will also be within four hours flying time well theres no supersonic flight service being introduced between kolkata and paris or new york whats happening instead is the introduction of direct flights between kolkata and abu dhabi in eight days and the opening of louvre abu dhabi later in 2015 and guggenheim abu dhabi in 2017 in between the zayed national museum will open in 2016 telling the story of the regions history and unification of united arab emirates through the life of founding father sheikh zayed bin sultan al nahyan it isnt clear if the monalisa arguably the most famous artifact in musee du louvre will travel to abu dhabi but louvre abu dhabi is developing its own national collection which will be enriched by loans from french museums including louvre musee dorsay and centre pompidou louvre abu dhabi is being developed with the expertise of the agence francemuseums and in partnership with louvre that was founded in 1793 the guggenheim abu dhabi will build a permanent collection organize exhibitions generate scholarship and undertake educational programmes that will examine the history of art produced around the world since 1965 from a variety of perspectives it will invite artists to produce sitespecific commissions for dedicated galleries select exterior locations and the iconic cones that circle the museum guggenheim abu dhabi is being developed with advice from the solomon r guggenheim foundation which since its foundation in 1937 has promoted the understanding and appreciation of art primarily of the modern and contemporary periods all the museums will be located in the saadiyat island that is being developed as the cultural district of the region this along with the facilities on yas island that is coming up as an entertainment hub should be a huge attraction to tourists from india said abu dhabi tourism cultural authority country manager bejan dinshaw attractions on the yas island include ferrari world abu dhabi the only ferrari branded theme park with the worlds fastest roller coasterformula rossathat reaches speeds up to 240kmph then there is the yas waterworld spread over 15 hectares and yas links a championship level 18holes golf course one of the must visits is the sheikh zayed grand mosque accommodating 40000 worshippers at a time it features 82 domes over 1000 columns 24 carat gold gilded chandeliers and the worlds largest hand knitted carpet said dinshaw abu dhabi comprising of 200 islands is the largest emirate in land size and the city is barely an hours drive from dubai currently the most popular destination in the gulf among indian tourists dinshaw expects that to change dramatically over the next few months as the etihaadjet leads to rapid rampup in flights from cities across india to abu dhabi by marchend there will be 200 flights a week into abu dhabi from 14