ANALYSIS
DAVID CAMP • DIRECTOR, ECONOMICS • AECOM
RECORD RESULTS
Admissions to the world’s top 25 theme parks rose to a new record volume in 2011. Dave Camp analyses the results of the 2011 TEA/ AECOM Theme Index
ing to go from strength to strength. Total admissions to the world’s top 25 theme parks rose to a new record volume in 2011. More than 196 million visits were made to these parks, almost four per cent more than in 2010 and a growth of more than six per cent since 2007. One of the most remarkable aspects
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of the industry is that through the longest, deepest recession that the world has ever encountered, the theme park industry is one of the few sectors that has exhibited sustained growth. As shown in the Leading Global Parks
Disney parks remain the most popular parks in the world
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table, Disney parks remain the most popu- lar parks in the world and are still the only ones that can attract more than 10 million annual visits. The impact of the Japanese tsunami can be seen in the fi gures for the Tokyo Disney parks. They were closed for more than a month following the disaster, yet they remained the third and fourth most visited theme parks in the world.
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espite, or perhaps due to, the tough economic times, the global theme park industry is continu-
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