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27 Feb 2017
Japan targets national parks as next big tourism draw
Japan’s Environment Ministry wants to capitalise on the country’s tourism boom, unveiling plans to draw 10 million overseas visitors to its national parks on an annual basis by 2020 – the year of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. According to the Japan National Tourist Organisation (JNTO), the estimated
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27 Feb 2017
Aquarium of Niagara investing US$3m in Humboldt penguins
Ground has broken on a US$3.3m (€3.1m, £2.6m) extension at the Aquarium of Niagara, being built to facilitate a penguin breeding programme. The South American Humboldt penguin population has been declining in recent years and is now classed as “vulnerable” due to a combination of climate change, overfishing and
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24 Feb 2017
Derren Brown's 'reimagined' ghost train will up the scares for 2017
Derren Brown’s new ride at Thorpe Park is about to take on a darker persona, with the attraction set to travel “to a horrifying new destination” in 2017. Renamed Derren Brown’s Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon, officials at Merlin have promised a “new deeper, darker, more intense journey” for the dark ride, which
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24 Feb 2017
South Korean aquariums probed following dolphin death
South Korean officials have begun a 10-day inspection of eight of the country’s aquariums following the death of a bottlenose dolphin in Ulsan earlier this month. The death, which happened at Ulsan Aquarium, occurred just five days after the dolphin had been imported from Japan. Between the eight aquariums –
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24 Feb 2017
Crowdfunding campaign launched for Brixton's Bowie lightning bolt memorial
The extraordinary life and career of music icon David Bowie could be marked with a gravity-defying lightning bolt sculpture in the London district where he was born. Architect Zac Monro, arts collective This Ain’t Rock’n’Roll and sculptor Tom Carter have proposed the three-storey, 9m (29.5ft) tall steel
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24 Feb 2017
McDonald's opens restaurant museum above ancient Roman road
McDonald’s has opened its first ever restaurant-museum hybrid thanks to the discovery of an ancient road buried for centuries and unearthed when construction on the site started in 2014. In addition to the McDonald’s restaurant in Frattocchie, just outside of Rome, €300,000 (US$318,000, £253,000) was spent on
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24 Feb 2017
Work starts on controversially-funded Northampton Museum extension
A museum stripped of public funding after selling an Egyptian statue in its permanent collection to a private buyer for £15m (US$18.7m, €17.7m) is now using that money for an extensive refurbishment and expansion of its facilities. Northampton Museum, which lost its Arts Council England (ACE) accreditation
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24 Feb 2017
Guests could experience historic Disney rides in VR
Ride Archive, an experience that enables guests to try out now defunct rides in VR, is gaining traction online with a pitch asking Disney to set up such an attraction at one of its parks. "Anyone who's been to a theme park has a favourite ride. But what about all the rides that went away before their time and
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23 Feb 2017
Celtic football club reveals hotel and museum plans
Scottish football club Celtic have announced plans for a hotel and museum complex to be built next to the 47-time Scottish Premier League (SPL) champions’ home ground. The proposal, which also includes a ticket office and retail store, will be submitted to Glasgow City Council for approval, with the development
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23 Feb 2017
Tom Mehrmann joins The Producers Group in advisory role
Attractions heavyweight Tom Mehrmann has been appointed to the Board of Advisors for themed entertainment specialists The Producers Group (TPG). Mehrmann, who has held senior roles across the industry – most recently as CEO of Hong Kong’s Ocean Park – joins the Board of Advisors to offer his four decades worth
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23 Feb 2017
New designs unveiled for controversial Hong Kong Palace Museum
The public consultation process for the proposed Hong Kong Palace Museum has been extended and new designs of the building released, as backers of the project strive to win support for the controversial scheme. A 10,000sq m (107,600sq ft) site on Hong Kong’s western harbour front has been earmarked to house
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