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Marine adventure park and waterpark planned for Desaru, Malaysia
Themed Attractions Malaysia (TAM), the leisure and tourism arm of the state-owned Kazanah Nasional's - is investing RM267m (US$85m, €68m, £54m) in the construction and operation of two theme parks in Desaru, Johor.
One of the attractions will be a marine park with an aqarium, called Ocean Quest, while the other is a traditional water park called Ocean Splash. Both parks are scheduled to open in 2014.
The attractions are one of a number of planned developments for TAM. It is also spearheading the expansion of the KidZania portfolio of attractions and is preparing the opening of the Puteri Harbour Entertainment complex in Nusajaya.
The indoor facility is one of the five flagship zones at Puteri and will comprise The Little Big Club, designed around HIT Entertainment's popular characters; Hello Kitty Town, the first Hello Kitty attraction in Southern Asia; and a themed family restaurant of popular local cartoonist, LAT.
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