ASIA Travel Tips .com, 17 October 2006
On Monday, Genting International and Star Cruises unveiled details of the consortium’s world-class Resorts World at Sentosa, its proposed integrated resort on Sentosa Island.
Resorts World at Sentosa, a Resort of resorts, will welcome some 10 million tourists by 2015, generating Sin$15 billion in tourism receipts, half of Singapore’s target. It will increase spending on sightseeing and entertainment per tourist from 2% currently to more than 10%.
There will be four world-class gated attractions at Resorts World at Sentosa offering the best of dry and wet for both young and old. Each attraction will be developed by a global brand name; all will be ‘must-visit’ venues.
Resorts World at Sentosa will be home to Quest Marine Life Park, the world’s largest oceanarium. This is a one-of-a-kind marine park, with an emphasis on family fun, providing visitors of all ages with interactive multi-sensory experiences as they learn about and discover the life of marine creatures and the need for ocean conservation.
The eight-hectare Quest Marine Life Park will be home to as many as 700,000 aquatic animals, including bat rays, dolphins and the world’s largest collection of coral reef and open ocean fish. The marine park will also house a 6.6 million gallon lagoon that allows visitors the chance to snorkel and dive with whale sharks, the largest fish in the world that can grow up to more than 14 metres in length.
This is the place for visitors to live once-in-a-lifetime experiences: hand-feed tiger sharks from an enclosed cage; interact up close and personal with dolphins; and swim among sea horses, clown fish and giant groupers in one of the longest reef swim encounters in the world.
Quest Marine Life Park will be designed and operated by one of the world’s leading marine encounter companies, Dolphin Quest.
Resorts World at Sentosa will also feature the Equarius Water Park, an exciting water theme park with a difference – one that is nestled under the natural canopy of Sentosa’s original forest, with the water rides integrated within the island’s natural tropical environment. The water park will be designed by Forrec Limited of Canada.
Incorporating the latest water theme park technology, Equarius Water Park features ‘Water Coaster’, a 450-m water flume that winds through tree tops and jungle; ‘Snakes and Ladders’, where water flows upwards; a surf pool that offers a variety of wave types to satisfy both wannabe and serious surfers; and a water-based adventure zone coined ‘The Cliffs’ that is specially designed to challenge any adrenalin-pumped teenager.
Another ‘first’ for Resorts World at Sentosa will be the Maritime Xperiential Museum, one of the only museums in the world dedicated to the celebration of the maritime heritage of Asia, the Asian voyages of discovery and the history of global trade as revealed through marine archaeology. The museum engages the visitors’ five senses to retell the fascinating history of the maritime Silk Route.
