![]() ![]() ![]() "We have a lot of watering to control the environment, strongly changing the length of day. Others prefer to trek the one kilometre jungle trail while admiring the flowing stream and Koi fish in a pond and exotic plants including creepers like keladi and bunga raya (hibiscus) shrubs along the way. In fact, the humidity within the dome is kept at between 50% and 60% and around 26 degrees Celcius to upkeep the 60,000 tropical plants which include palm trees of up to 18m high.Įuropean tourists to the holiday destination will be intrigued with the mix of Indonesian, Borneo and Polynesian motives such as the Bali gate and Borneo longhouse.īeaches and lagoons are constantly crowded with people lazing around or swimming with kids screaming down the water slides. "The dome is so huge it can fill the entire Eiffel tower and two lagoons the size of six olympic pools,” Hensing said. "We have the capacity to accomodate 8,000 visitors at any one time but this was limited to 6,000 visitors by the authorities for specific concerns including health. The dome-shaped indoor theme park, which is 360m long, 210m wide and 107m high, is filled with tropical settings such as rainforest trails, lagoons, beaches, water parks, tropical plants beside providing an insight into the cultural world of Asia and other tropical destinations. Located about 20 miles south of Berlin, the Tropical Island resort is housed in a massive former hangar sprawled over 600ha. Ole Bested Hensing chief executive officer of Tropical Island Management GmbH told Bernama recently the RM600 million project was a resounding success and a great adventure which has worked better-than-expected. Since it opened its doors to the public in Dec 19, 2004, the tropical resort has become a popular holiday destination, drawing approximately 6,000 visitors daily, from across Europe. The project was Colin Au’s, formerly chief executive officer of Star Cruises, simple idea of transporting the Tropics to Europe instead of transporting holiday makers to the Tropics. Tanjong Plc, a group associated with tycoon Ananda Krishnan, has a 75% indirect shareholding in the project, through subsidiary Tanjong Entertainment Sdn Bhd, while another 25% is indirectly owned by Au Leisure Investments Pte Ltd, a Malaysian interest based in Singapore. BERLIN: Not many are aware that Tropical Islands in Brand, Krausnick, Germany is Europe's largest tropical island resort created and owned by Malaysian interests.īesides being a "rainforest" outside the Tropics, it is also the largest indoor theme park in Europe and the largest Malaysian investment in Germany. ![]()
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