Religious Travel (Focus: Saudi Arabia)
Attractions have the ability to draw tens of millions of people annually through their gates and completely change the economies of cities and states. In effect, our industry is the study and harnessing of, massive tourism flows. This is no surprise. But, what may be surprising is that even the largest themed attractions pale in comparison […]
Theme Park Signatures
Besides the branding, what makes a Disney or Universal different from a Seaworld or Legoland? Are there true differences to speak of? Well, based on these charts, yes. This is the third installment in our ongoing series where we dissect the economics and characteristics of attractions. Previously, we reviewed the economics and business models of […]
The Business of Theme Parks (Part II): How Much Do They Cost? And Earn?
In the first part of this series, we evaluated the revenue side of theme park business models. In this series, we’ll continue our exploration of the economics of theme parks by reviewing the cost of building amusement and water parks. More importantly, however, we will be looking at what theme park development costs mean for profitability. […]
Deconstructing a Waterpark
Here at the Park Database, we like to crunch a lot of data. In doing so, we can’t help but notice patterns and ways of abstracting what initially look like complex subjects. Today, we turn our attention to waterparks. We’ve run the numbers on hundreds of waterpark projects and thousands of individual waterpark attractions in […]
The First-Ever Malaysian Attractions Benchmark Study
On occasion, we have the opportunity to partner with truly collaborative and forward-thinking organizations to bring you analytics and data beyond the structured form of our public-facing database. A few months ago, the Malaysian Association of Amusement Themepark & Family Attractions graciously offered to co-produce a benchmark study surveying the various performance measures of attractions […]
July Updates: Singapore, Colombia
Singapore: our team had a lot of fun putting together our founder Won’s presentation at Blooloop Live in Singapore last month. Although it’s better listened to than viewed, feel free to flip through for a lightning fast overview of Singapore’s attraction development. We are stalwart fans of Gardens by the Bay, the 100 hectare, $1 billion modern-day Hanging […]
June Updates: Island Markets
Koh Samui: the impetus for a large database update were, among other things, a client project, and the realization that island attraction markets are under-analyzed. Koh Samui is an island in Surat Thani province of Thailand with 2.5 million visitors a year, white sand beaches, and several waterparks. Some team members had to be restrained from making […]
Potential Theme Park Development in Myanmar
We were recently invited to present a paper on the potential of a theme park in Myanmar, at the Myanmar Infrastructure Summit on March 30th. At the Park Database, we often draw comparisons between theme parks and infrastructure projects due to their long-term impacts, involvement of the government, and public benefits, and so we were […]
The Business of Theme Parks (Part I): How Much Money Do They Make?
Revenues: Not Created Equal Revenues are the starting point for all cash flows. While revenues can be disaggregated into its components, attendance and per person spending (subjects of a later post) – for our purposes, a high level view will suffice. Using data from the Park Database, we’ve plotted the distribution of theme park revenues […]
February Updates
2 new large updates were made this month, check them out below. Gold Coast, Australia The locations and ticket prices of a large number of gated attractions on the Gold Coast of Australia have been updated. Chinese Shows The gated show spectacular is an attraction type that has been proliferating in China. Centered around […]
