Ocean Park

Ocean Park, on the southern side of Hong Kong island, covers 870 000
square metres. It is South-East Asia's largest aquarium and Hong Kong's
premier park for recreation and entertainment. Ocean Park had more than
four million guests in 1996/97. More than 45 million people, including 10
million tourists, have visited the park since it opened in 1977.

The park's attractions include a cable car system, various world-class
features such as the Atoll Reef, Wave Cove, Shark Aquarium, Bird
Paradise, the Butterfly House, and the 3 500-seat Ocean Theatre for
marine mammal shows, and an exciting array of thrill rides. Middle
Kingdom features a walk through 5 000 years of Chinese history, and
Water World provides great splashing fun during the summer.

In 1991, the park unveiled a long-term development plan to add new
attractions, upgrade existing facilities and improve guest services. Nine
new attractions have been added since 1992. The educational and
entertaining Discovery of the Ancient World opened in the summer of
1997 - the park's 20th anniversary year. Visitors trace an ancient
civilisation in a rain forest filled with life-sized replicas of wild animals
and plants. Early 1997 saw the opening of the Flying Swing ride, which
carries visitors seven metres high in a gyrating motion.

A new film, Secrets of the Lost Temple, was launched as part of the Film
Fantasia simulator ride in Christmas 1997 to offer guests greater thrills.

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