Theme parks

YouTube superstar MrBeast opens pop-up park in Saudi Arabia

Sim Leisure owns and operates the Escape outdoor adventure park in Penang, the Escape Challenge indoor park at Paradigm Mall in Petaling Jaya, and KidZania Kuala Lumpur.

Sim Leisure to receive compensation after settling theme park dispute with Bandar Malaysia

Moshe Safdie at Marina Bay Sands.

Moshe Safdie – architectural icon

Visitors pose for photographs at the entrance to Legoland Shanghai Resort during a media preview in Shanghai, China, June 20, 2025.

World’s biggest Legoland adds to China’s amusement park glut

Japan is experiencing an unprecedented boom in tourism, fuelled by a weaker yen, with overseas visitors climbing 47 per cent to a record 36.9 million last year.

New Japan theme park aims to tap tourism boom, become springboard to Asian markets

The new park could create some 28,000 jobs, including 20,000 during construction, and represent a £50 billion (S$86.6 billion) boost to the UK economy by 2055, British PM Keir Starmer’s office said in a statement.

Universal to build its first Europe theme park in the UK

A view of the Warner Bros Studio Tour Tokyo – The Making of Harry Potter. The Shanghai tour is the latest example of how Warner Bros is leveraging the Harry Potter franchise.

Warner Bros plans Harry Potter attraction in Shanghai in 2027

Sim Choo Kheng says: “Covid gave us a lot of opportunities… and also weakened our competition, as many operators went out of business."
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KidZania Singapore operator Sim Leisure dreams of creating Asia’s theme parks of tomorrow

Singapore is hoping the new ship will help cement its place as a tourist beacon in South-east Asia and reinvigorate its post-Covid recovery.

Disney’s largest cruise ship targets Asia with Marvel heroes

Sugianto Kusuma is in talks with partners from China and Singapore to build a port but declined to reveal more details.

Indonesian tycoon Sugianto Kusuma eyes theme park, F1 race in US$16 billion project