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Nicco Parks Two decades of fun in India
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Since diversifying into the amusement industry at the end of the 1980s, India’s Nicco Corporation has successfully opened four amusement parks, boasting profits almost from day one. Key to that success is a partnership with the local government and fact that Nicco Parks & Resorts manufactures its own rides and attractions. Park World toasts two decades of fun
public-private partnership between the Nicco Corporation and the West Bengal Government, Nicco Parks & Resorts was formed in 1989, opening its first park two years later on the site of a former safari park in Jheel Meel, Kolkata (Calcutta). Twenty years on, Nicco Park boasts almost 40 rides and attractions – including the Wet-O-Wild waterpark, a bowling alley and event spaces – and entertains around 1.5 million annual guests, making it India’s number one park. The company’s proud boast is that the park was profitable from the very first season in 1991. Visitors can enjoy Nicco-manufactured attractions including a water chute, pirate ship, monorail, 72- horse carousel and kiddie rides set amongst 42 heavily landscaped acres. Thanks to a collaboration with the Blackpool Leisure Amusement Consultancy in England there are also clones of rides such as the Cyclone wooden coaster and River Caves dark ride from Pleasureland in Southport, Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s former sister park. Yet Nicco Park in Kolkata is not just about rides and attractions. Its public-private background means it is also a little more worthy than some parks, aiming to provide, “educative entertainment and wholesome recreation to children and families." Outside each ride, for example, is an information board designed to educate children about scientific
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