Universal studios to build Dubai theme park

America’s Universal Studios will develop a £1.1bn (€1.6bn) theme park – modelled after those in Florida, California and Japan – in Dubai, a government firm has announced.

Dubai government-owned developer Tatweer said it would partner with the Hollywood-based film studio’s resorts arm to develop its fourth theme park, offering Mideast holidaymakers attractions designed by creative consultant Steven Spielberg and based on the movies King Kong and Jurassic Park.