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Asia’s first Legoland theme park opened to packed crowds today in southern Malaysia, with its cluster of attractions expected to transform the sleepy region into a thriving tourist hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n

An eager crowd of 10,000 people visited the 76-acre theme park in Johor state — across a narrow waterway from Singapore — which features a variety of rides and thousands of Lego models made out of the popular toy bricks.<\/p>\n

The visitors were greeted by costumed characters as confetti and balloons were launched into the air amid a special performance by a marching brass band from Denmark.<\/p>\n

Back in 2011, earthmovers had flattened a vast expanse of oil palm-covered hills to make way for the 31-acre theme park, one of the main attractions of the new city and economic zone, Iskandar Malaysia.<\/p>\n

Malaysia launched the economic hub as part of a five-year, 200 billion-ringgit (US$65 billion) spending plan to transform the economy in the sleepy Johor state.<\/strong><\/p>\n

European visitor attractions operator Merlin Entertainments, whose stable includes Madame Tussauds, the London Eye and SEA LIFE, is the operator of Legoland Malaysia.<\/p>\n

With the opening, the theme park will be the sixth of its kind in the world after those in Denmark, Britain, California, Florida and Germany.<\/p>\n

Legoland Malaysia is divided into seven sections such as “Lego Kingdom”, “Lego City” and “Lego Technic”.<\/p>\n

Most rides are for children under the age of 12, but the theme park also has a variety of attractions for the whole family like the “4D Lego Studios” and the “Miniland”<\/strong> — featuring recreated Asian landmarks like Cambodia’s Angkor Wat and Petronas Towers, the world’s tallest twin towers.<\/p>\n

John Jakobsen, managing director of Legoland Parks for Merlin Entertainments, expects the new park to be a “great success” owing to its proximity to Singapore, which attracted 13.2 million tourists last year.<\/p>\n

“It’s incredible to see Asia’s first Legoland Park come to life,” he said.<\/p>\n

It is targeting as many as two million visitors a year from markets across Asia, including India, China and Hong Kong as it rolls out new attractions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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