{"id":98743,"date":"2020-02-06T14:59:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T21:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=98743"},"modified":"2020-02-06T14:59:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T21:59:39","slug":"sri-lanka-to-begin-construction-of-1st-large-scale-theme-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/02\/06\/sri-lanka-to-begin-construction-of-1st-large-scale-theme-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka to begin construction of 1st large-scale theme park"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Courtesy NewsIn.Asia<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Colombo, Feb. 6 \u2013 Sri Lanka will soon commence construction on a world class theme park along the country\u2019s southern coast in order to promote adventure tourism, local media reported here Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsin.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ferris-wheel-750x375.jpg\" alt=\"Sri Lanka to build entertainment park to boost tourism\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Leading international theme park developer and operator, Sim Leisure Group Ltd, entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sri Lanka\u2019s Elpitiya Plantations PLC, to set up its world-class ESCAPE theme park in Galle, a statement from Elpitiya Plantations said, according to the Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement said having been granted the preliminary approval to commence construction and barring unforeseen circumstances, Sim Leisure aims to commence the construction of ESCAPE Sri Lanka\u201d in March 2020.<ins><\/ins><ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theme park will be located halfway between capital Colombo and the main beach resort of Galle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I see tremendous opportunity in the Sri Lankan market with its population of over 20 million. Sri Lanka is one of the few countries, which is unspoilt and green. The country\u2019s unpolluted coastline and beaches bring tourists from all over the world and its tourism industry is growing at an incredible pace,\u201d said Sim Leisure CEO Sim Choo Kheng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also highlighted that Sri Lanka has tremendous untapped potential for family leisure, compared to East Asia, with a natural advantage by setting up the first large-scale theme park in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theme park will include an outdoor adventure theme park and water park and approximately 40 themed rides and attractions in three categories \u2013 Adventureplay, Waterplay and Gravityplay. Enditem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, Feb. 6 \u2013 Sri Lanka will soon commence construction on a world class theme park along the country\u2019s southern coast in order to promote adventure tourism, local media reported here Thursday. Leading international theme park developer and operator, Sim Leisure Group Ltd, entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sri [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}