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Despite Argentina’s economic difficulties, businessmen of the amusement park industry are betting on new investments. This is the case of Aerópolis, a place where entertainment will be aimed at lovers of extreme sports.
a theme park is built dedicated to the emblematic cars of famous film productions. Astrid González Nariño reports.
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Aerópolis, fun in the heights The inhabitants of the port of Mar del Plata, located southeast of Buenos Aires, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, look forward to the opening of the Aerópolis air park. It is an area of 20,000 square metres, built in the
immediate vicinity of the well-known Aquópolis park and neighbor of the campsite called El Griego, surrounded by a pine forest over 40 years old. For the installation of the attractions, Swiss technology was
used, in relation to the so-called “lifelines”, while the helmets and harnesses were imported from France, as revealed by Carlos Pilaftsidis, one of the owners and managers of the tourist complex. The businessman informed that the project, which began in
August 2019, meant an investment close to US $ 500,000, and added that the purpose is to offer services throughout
the year and break the seasonality of visitors to the Mar del Plata region. The attractions are designed for both the adult public and
children and adolescents, and have a continuous line system that allows guests to travel safely. Aerópolis will have three circuits, each with three levels,
five, ten and fifteen meters high. It will also have more than 30 suspension bridges, very challenging, each with varying degrees of difficulty. In addition, visitors can challenge the heights from six zip
lines, on three rappelling walls, or practice canopy, among many other options. The government and the citizens of Mar del Plata are very
confident that Aerópolis will help solve one of the problems in the area, which has no major attractions for tourists with
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or its part, the Mexican Consortium Dolphin Discovery, which recently celebrated 25 years of operations, announced major projects, and in Brazil
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