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June 17, 2016 2015 TEA/AECOM Theme Index and Museum Index reveals thriving industry The 2015 TEA/AECOM Theme Index and Museum Index, an annual study of attendance at top theme parks, waterparks and museums, reveals strong global growth in the industry in 2015. Compared to the previous year, attendance grew by over 5 percent at the top 25 theme parks in the world and over 7 percent for the top 10 theme park groups. Attendance at the top 20 water parks grew by 4 percent. Museum attendance held steady globally, but with nearly 3 percent growth in North America.
"In Asia Pacific the top theme parks in the region enjoyed nearly 7 percent growth,” said Chris Yoshii, vice president, Asia Pacific, AECOM. “This has been driven by a number of new theme parks in Mainland China such as Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, completing its first full year of operation with 7.5m visitors, making it the 4th most attended park in Asia. The top 3 continues to be dominated by Japanese parks – Tokyo Disneyland (#1), Universal Studios Japan (#2) and Tokyo Disney (#3).” Yoshii continued, “More established parks including, Universal Studios Singapore saw a very good increase of 9% for 2015. And it’s worth noting that in Southeast Asia, many parks are doing well, although their numbers are not always big enough to earn a place on our top-attended lists. All in all, 2015 was a pretty good year for theme parks in Asia." "Our Asia Pacific economics practice is at the forefront of helping theme park clients to respond to the rapidly increasing income levels and a growing middle class in the region,” said Sean Chiao, President, AECOM Asia Pacific. “The insights provided by this report will support ongoing development of the themed entertainment industry in Asia and particularly China which has the potential to support significant numbers of new parks." "The growth we’ve seen this year is tremendous for a relatively mature industry,” said John Robinett, senior vice president, economics, AECOM. “Over our 10 years of tracking the industry, we have seen steady improvements in business volume (despite a global recession), the introduction of exciting new technologies and continued internationalization of the attractions world."
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