Global Village, a member of Tatweer Dubai, and the premier culture and entertainment destination for families, will host for the first time the Guinness World Records Pavilion.

A world first, the pavilion will provide visitors to the Global Village exciting opportunities to participate and set new Guinness World Records in a variety of categories during each of the 102 days of the seasonal event.

Amongst other crowd pulling activities, the Guinness World Records Pavilion will feature the loudest scream, shout, clap, and whistle and will also organise daily competitions to judge the fastest time in sending a text message, and the fastest typist on a computer keyboard utilising the nose.

In all, participants will be able to set records in 14 different categories of activities.

“Showcasing the diversity of cultures and communities, much of the success of the unique Global Village concept is attributed to its participants who have consistently demonstrated their keenness to be a part of this high visibility initiative. We look forward to spotlighting Dubai as a place that boasts record-breaking concepts and where world records are set by the day,” stated Abdul Redha Ali Bin Redha, Global Village project director.

“The Guinness World Records Pavilion has been many months in the making and we are looking forward to its successful launch at Global Village,” added Alistair Richards, MD of Guinness World Records.

A large scale world record attempt will also be organised to celebrate the international day of Guinness World Records, where a horde of surprises will await visitors to the premier regional family entertainment venue this season.

The Global Village will raise its curtains on November 12 for a new spectacular seasonal event that will run until February 21, 2009.

In the 2007-08 season, Global Village registered a footfall of nearly 4.5 million through the participation of 30 pavilions, 120 kiosks and service areas, and 32 restaurants.

Validating the year on year success of Global Village, the residents of Dubai voted the family destination as the first runner-up for ‘The Best Visitor's Attraction in Dubai’ at The Best in Dubai Awards 2008 conducted by Time Out Dubai magazine, celebrating everything that people love about living in the city.-TradeArabia News Service