DHAKA: Residents and tourists are spoilt for choice for New Year fireworks on December 31 with Burj Khalifa, Burj Al Arab, The Palm Jumeirah and Atlantis the Palm offering scenic backdrops for what could be the world’s largest pyrotechnic display.

Some 450,000 colourful fireworks choreographed for six minutes across The Palm Jumeirah and the islands of The World aim to break the Guinness World Record for ‘largest fireworks display’ currently held by Kuwait.

The attempt will cover a distance of 99.4 kilometres of seafront, which can be seen from vantage points across the city.

Kuwait’s 2012 record featured a fireworks display that stretched over 5km of seafront, but lasted 64 minutes.

The fireworks will be exclusively designed by US-based Fireworks by Grucci, which also engineered the pyrotechnic display during the opening of Atlantis and the Palm Jumeirah in 2008.

After the world record attempt, another 15-minute display will cover a one kilometre stretch of the Jumeirah beach, with the Burj Al Arab, Madinat Jumeirah and Jumeirah Beach Hotel as the backdrop, reports gulfnews.com.

BDST: 2023 HRS, DEC 09, 2013