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Hot springs-filled roller coasters could become reality as Japanese ‘Spa-musement park’ video goes viral
POSTED 25 Nov 2016 . BY Jane Kitchen
A spokesman for the Buppa tourist department said the city is discussing safety issues, such whether they could run hot water inside a roller coaster
A combination spa and amusement park may become reality, thanks to a tongue-in-cheek video from the Japanese city of Beppu – famous for its more than 2,000 onsen, or hot springs.
The video, which has received almost 1.4 million views as of this writing, shows guests sitting waist deep in hot springs-filled roller coasters, cable cars and Ferris wheels, and walking through the park clad only in towels.
Beppu’s mayor, Yasuhiro Nagano, promised to make the ‘spa-musement park’ a reality if the video got 1 million views, which it surpassed yesterday.
“We weren’t expecting this many views, but we sure are happy,” Michitaka Kubota, a spokesman for Beppu’s tourist department, told The Japan Times.
Kubota did acknowledge that the ‘spa-musement park’ would probably not appear quite as it’s shown in the video.
“It’s only an image,” Kubota told The Japan Times. “We are still discussing safety issues, for example, whether we could actually run hot water inside a roller coaster. But the rides will be something fun.”
Bain Capital looks to Japanese onsens for growth potential POSTED 16 Feb 2016. BY Jane Kitchen In February 2015, private investment
firm Bain Capital Partners (BCP) bought
a 100 per cent stake in Japanese hot
springs and hotel operator Ooedo
Onsens Holdings, in a move to capitalise
on tourism ahead of the Tokyo 2020
Olympic Games.
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Hot springs-filled roller coasters could become reality as Japanese ‘Spa-musement park’ video goes viral
POSTED 25 Nov 2016 . BY Jane Kitchen
A spokesman for the Buppa tourist department said the city is discussing safety issues, such whether they could run hot water inside a roller coaster
A combination spa and amusement park may become reality, thanks to a tongue-in-cheek video from the Japanese city of Beppu – famous for its more than 2,000 onsen, or hot springs.
The video, which has received almost 1.4 million views as of this writing, shows guests sitting waist deep in hot springs-filled roller coasters, cable cars and Ferris wheels, and walking through the park clad only in towels.
Beppu’s mayor, Yasuhiro Nagano, promised to make the ‘spa-musement park’ a reality if the video got 1 million views, which it surpassed yesterday.
“We weren’t expecting this many views, but we sure are happy,” Michitaka Kubota, a spokesman for Beppu’s tourist department, told The Japan Times.
Kubota did acknowledge that the ‘spa-musement park’ would probably not appear quite as it’s shown in the video.
“It’s only an image,” Kubota told The Japan Times. “We are still discussing safety issues, for example, whether we could actually run hot water inside a roller coaster. But the rides will be something fun.”
Bain Capital looks to Japanese onsens for growth potential POSTED 16 Feb 2016. BY Jane Kitchen In February 2015, private investment
firm Bain Capital Partners (BCP) bought
a 100 per cent stake in Japanese hot
springs and hotel operator Ooedo
Onsens Holdings, in a move to capitalise
on tourism ahead of the Tokyo 2020
Olympic Games.
Preidlhof Luxury DolceVita Resort, a destination resort and spa in Naturno, South Tyrol in Italy,
will reveal a new spa in February 2027, which has been designed by wellness expert and
consultant Patrizia Bortolin.
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destination called Laval Hunter Valley in the second half of 2027 in Pokolbin, Australia.
The MSpa Oslo series is a perennial bestseller in global markets. With innovative
engineering and premium performance, this completely portable spa line-up is expertly
designed to meet the needs of customers worldwide. [more...]
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