Bangkok--29 Jun--Thana Burin Asia Pacific OVERVIEW: THE ASIAN THEME PARKS AND ATTRACTIONS INDUSTRY Region’s Impact is Growing in Global Leisure Sector - Nine of the world’s top 25 attended theme parks are located in Asia, according to the 2006 TEA/ERA Global Theme Park Attendance Report. Attendance at these nine parks accounts for 35 percent of the top 25’s total. (The entire report is available here: http://www.themeit.com/attendance_report2006.pdf .) - The top 10 Asian theme parks alone hosted more than 68 million visitors in 2006, a rise in attendance (4.4 percent) twice that of the industry’s worldwide attendance growth (2.2 percent). - PricewaterhouseCoopers expects the Hong Kong attractions market to grow by nearly 22 percent a year from now through 2010. - According to ERA, the Asian theme parks and leisure sector is currently growing five times faster, on an annual basis, than either the western European or American attractions markets. - Industry analysts have calculated that India’s theme park business has been rising 25 percent annually for the past five years. - Euromonitor is predicting a 25 percent jump in attendance at Asia’s theme parks between now and 2010. - Asia has more theme parks with at least 500,000 annual visitors than does North America. - Tokyo Disneyland has been ranked as the most visited theme park in the world many times and is presently #3 on the list. For media inquiries in Thailand: Thana Burin Asia Pacific Ltd Kasemsri Kaewthammachai(08 1 611 4696) Tel: +66 (0) 2231 6158 Email: [email protected] Yuwadi Chombun(08 9 669 5286) Tel: +66 (0) 2231 6159 Email: [email protected] Contact: David Mandt IAAPA Press Office +1 703/299-5127 [email protected]