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Ba Na Hills Theme Park - Da Nang
An incredible growing market
Daan Duijim is director of operations and set-up for Sun World, a series of leading amusement parks and entertainment complexes in Vietnam.
Here, he tells Park World editor, Becci Knowles how he fell in love with the industry and why he wakes up every day with the goal of delivering magical and memorable guest experiences.
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he attractions industry is an incredible place to start a career. 10 years ago, I saw an advertisement to become a personal trainer on a cruise ship. I spent
nine months working on Disney Cruise Line’s ship and loved the experience, magic and hard work behind the smiles. I knew this is what I wanted to do and decided to learn how to create a career in theme parks when I was 20 years old. During the last year of my bachelor degree in Leisure
Management, I went from working on my thesis to working in the operations of a regional theme park in Malaysia as operations manager. When I came back to the Netherlands to
defend my graduation thesis, within two weeks I flew out to Dubai, UAE. From 2014 to 2016 I worked in Wild Wadi Water park as Management Trainee and Assistant Manager and was able to spend months in Operations, Admissions, Marketing and even being the project manager of the Halloween Haunted House. When I had the opportunity in 2016 to
go back to Asia to become the water park manager for Legoland Malaysia Resort, I took it with both hands and got promoted a year later to also run the theme park attractions. In 2018 I was asked to become the general manager of Indonesia’s largest
“ We have a
rapidly expanding interest from other countries due to Vietnam’s natural beauty and our parks are playing a key role to provide unique experiences for many.
Indoor theme park in Bandung for Trans Studio. After nine months the owner invited me to a concrete building without roofs and walls and I oversaw the building of the second largest indoor theme park, in Jakarta. I got to hire and lead a dedicated team to open a park and three world’s first attractions, which has been a highlight of my career so far. At end of 2019 an industry friend told
me about Sun World in Vietnam. Sun World – the entertainment brand of Sun Group - is a series of leading amusement parks and entertainment complexes in Vietnam. There are at the moment five Sunworld park locations with multiple theme parks, water parks and cable cars in
MARCH 2020
Aquatopia 2, Hon Thom Nature Park, Phu Quoc
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