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Asia/Pacific Rim (see chart p. 7) Waterparks (see charts pgs. 10 & 11)
“In Japan, the Tokyo Disneyland Resort’s two parks achieved “U.S. waterparks were hit hard in the second half of 2008, as
an impressive record season of 26.8 million due to the strong the recession wiped out gains from the first part of the year.
impact of Tokyo Disneyland’s 25th anniversary celebration Aquatica, which opened in March, was a bright spot, as it
events, new attractions and effective regional marketing despite exceeded its opening year attendance target and grew the
the economic downturn. Ocean Park in Hong Kong continued its Orlando market.” – Edward Shaw, Senior Associate, ERA
stellar performance, exceeding last year’s record attendance up
“Several Asian waterparks performed well in 2008. Chimelong
2.2 percent to above 5 million, fueled by ‘Year of the Panda’ and
Waterpark continued its strong growth, with expansion of the
5 effective seasonal events. Hong Kong saw continued growth in
waterpark adding new attractions and capacity, which led to a
tourism from Mainland China despite some visa restrictions and
14 percent increase in attendance. This makes Chimelong the
other impacts on travel. Hong Kong Disneyland is re-bounding
highest attended waterpark in Asia, just surpassing Everland’s
from the last couple of years’ lower than expected attendance,
Caribbean Bay in Korea. Caribbean Bay managed to increase
up almost 8 percent to 4.5 million. Lotte World reopened in Seoul
attendance with the strong opening of a new attraction, “Wild
this year after having been closed 6 months for improvements.
River,” which was popular in the domestic market.” – Christian
China’s Happy Valley chain of regional parks continues to expand
Aaen, Managing Director, ERA
and do well.”
“Most operators in Asia are cautiously optimistic for 2009. With
the continued strong growth of the middle class in China and
Amusement/Theme Park Attraction Chains (see chart p. 8)
fundamentals in other markets, we expect significant development
“The standouts were Merlin Entertainments and Parques
opportunities for the leisure and tourism industry in Asia, driven
Reunidos. Merlin was up an estimated 3 million, and Parques
by Greater China.” – Christian Aaen, Managing Director, ERA
Reunidos’ acquisition of Palace Entertainment produced a big
attendance jump from 12 million in 2007 to 24.9 million in 2008.
Disney was up 1.5 million and Universal was down slightly,
Mexico/Latin America (see chart p. 8) while Six Flags showed a small increase. In Asia, OCT Parks in
“The 2008 season was challenging for most operators in Mexico China joined the Top 10 as no. 8 with 13.4 million” – Ray Braun,
and Latin America, with 5 out of 10 operators reporting declines Senior Vice President, ERA
in attendance with any significant reinvestment and difficult
“In general, chains were either flat or slightly up, in line with the
economic conditions. KidZania in Mexico City maintained its
trends in their respective regions: North American parks were
attendance and El Salitre Magico in Colombia and Parque de
hit by the recession somewhat earlier than Asia, Mexico/Latin
la Costa in Argentina exhibited good growth.” – Christian Aaen,
America and Europe. Overall, strong numbers in the first part
Managing Director, ERA
of the year managed to balance out the weakening in the fourth
quarter.” – Edward Shaw, Senior Associate, ERA
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