It is essential to share information about the largest indoor aquapark in the world - Seagaia Ocean Dome.
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Firstly, it is closed, it has not been working since 2007! But many websites still invite lots of people to visit it and write about it amusing advertising articles.
Its history began in the 90s of the last century, when Miyazaki prefectural government in Kyushu and investors began to think about the construction of such facilities for the development of tourism in the region.
The fact that the coast in this area is not conducive to bathing - rough sea, strong tides occur here almost all year round - has played its role.
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In 1993, all-weather water park Ocean Dome with a huge retractable roof was opened to visitors. Its length is 300 meters, width - 100 m, height - 38 meters. The main attractions of the complex became a huge wave pool, sun roof, an artificial volcano and 140 meter sandy beach.
The air temperature inside the complex did not fall below +30°C, and the water was not colder than 28°C all year round. Ocean Dome has become the world's largest indoor water park and even occupied one of the pages of the Guinness Book of Records.
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However, the water park proved to be unprofitable in terms of finances: the owners expect that it will be visited by about 2.5 million people a year, but it was visited only by about 1-1.25 million. For this reason, it went bankrupt by 2001. Then it was sold, it resumed its work in 2002, then it worked for another 5 years and was finally closed "for renovation" for the same financial reasons.