The development trend of water amusement equipment
There are many types of water amusement equipment. Common ones include wave pool equipment, circulation rivers, water slides, water theme parks, water houses, and water villages, etc. These pieces of equipment are the core facilities of water parks. Water is the main form of water amusement facilities. The rise of characteristic water parks has changed the form of water amusement to a great extent and has become a new form of leisure and entertainment with a rapidly expanding industry scale in the short term. The history of the development of water parks is also the history of the development of water amusement equipment. While the development of water park equipment, the design and research and development of water park equipment have been further developed.
There is also this close connection between the development of China’s water parks and China’s theme park industry. After the reform and opening up in the 1980s and 1990s, the theme park quickly drew into China, where urban amusement parks and water parks emerged on the scene. In 1985, the “Water World” in Guangzhou Oriental Paradise was the first water park in my country.
Since then, dozens of water parks have been built in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Chengdu, Shenyang, and Suzhou. But during this period, the construction of the water park generally involved small areas and small investments, only a majority of 20,000 square meters, mainly domestic equipment. Due to irrational market positioning, high ticket prices, fierce competition, poor management, traffic issues, and security concerns, except for a few that could continue to operate and even grow after renovation, most generally had a short life cycle of “one year of prosperity, two years of stability, three years of decline, and four years of defeat.”
On the whole, the development of water parks in this period was learning from the development process and experience of the West on the one hand, but more dependent on self-exploration. The closure of a large number of water parks has provided useful experience and lessons for the further improvement and promotion of the industry. The basic laws of the development of some water parks have been effectively summarised. Theme, location, investment, marketing, profit, and supervision at the water park construction and development over the status and role in the process have been scientifically understood, thereby laying the foundation for large-scale development after 2000.
Since 2010, my country’s water parks have entered the track of rapid large-scale development. There are currently more than 240 large and medium-sized water parks in my country, of which more than 80% have been completed and operated after 2010. According to incomplete statistics, there are currently more than 20 large and medium-sized water parks planned to be built. Nevertheless, compared with big water park countries, there is still a considerable gap between the total number of water parks in my country and the per capita ownership.
Take the United States, the world’s largest water park country, as an example. The United States has the world’s largest and most concentrated water park market. Now, there are more than 800 water parks in the United States, and more than ten water parks open every year. Comparing my country’s population size, fast-growing per capita income, and the leisure and entertainment needs of ordinary people with blowout development, it is obvious that my country’s water park industry still has very broad potential to be explored.
Corresponding to the rapid increase in the number is the rapid expansion of the construction area. According to statistics collected, before 2010, the construction area of my country’s large and medium-sized water parks was close to 6,000 mu, while this figure reached more than 35,000 mu in the six years from 2010 to 2016, which is five times the previous construction area.
From the perspective of the stage of development, my country’s water parks are in a stage of rapid development. It is characterised by rapid growth in numbers, larger and larger scales, geographical proximity to developed big cities, mainly to meet the leisure and entertainment needs of families and local markets, supported by the rapid growth of the middle class and the rapid development of urbanisation. This stage is roughly equivalent to the development stage of water parks in the United States in the 1970s. At present, as the economy grows slowly and the population continues to age, American water parks have entered a mature stage, showing steady growth in numbers, a highly segmented market, and a high degree of multi-functional industry portfolio.
Water amusement equipment will usher in the spring, and it must also develop towards high-tech, intelligent, and multi-functional aspects. Therefore, if you want to buy high-quality water amusement equipment, you can contact our Guangzhou Lanchao manufacturer. We will provide you with high-quality water amusement equipment, and you can come directly to our company to buy.
