DUBAI, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), attracted over 5.7 million visitors in 2017, the state news agency WAM reported Sunday.
The tally included 1.4 million worshippers, according to statistics released by the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Center.
The center seeks "to promote the message of tolerance and extend the bridges of communication between diverse cultures and civilisations," said Ahmed Juma Al Za'abi, deputy minister for presidential affairs.
The mosque has been a major tourist attraction in the UAE as it constitutes one of the most prominent and beautiful architectural monuments in the world.
It is named after UAE's founding father and first president, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan.
