Abu Dhabi: The New Year’s Eve celebrations at Sheikh Zayed Festival in Abu Dhabi emirate have broken our Guinness World Records.

Al-Waleed Osman, Guinness World Records Adjudicator, said three of the records are for the fireworks display while a new record was set by the drone show. He explained that most girandola fireworks were launched in 30 seconds; most fireworks pinwheels were launched in 30 seconds and most repeated firework image was formed in 30 seconds; in addition to the largest formation of a Quick Response (QR) code formed by drones.

More than 1 million visitors from the UAE and abroad gathered at Al Wathba to welcome the New Year for the drone and fireworks shows that lasted for a total of around 60 minutes for the first time in the region.

The Festival is held under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with the follow-up of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Court.