Abu Dhabi’s SeaWorld tagged largest indoor marine-life theme park

SeaWorld Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, the first marine-life theme park in the Persian Gulf region, has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s largest indoor marine-life theme park, SeaWorld Yas Island said in a press release. Mohamed Abdalla Al Zaabi, group chief executive officer of Miral, Abu Dhabi’s leading leisure, tourism and lifestyle experiences company, and the SeaWorld Abu Dhabi leadership received the certificate, the release said, adding that the recognition had come...

Proposal to build modern aquarium at Bombay zoo revived

The Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika, or the Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay, has for the second time floated a tender to build a dome-shaped walk-through aquarium at the city zoo at Byculla, The Times of India newspaper reported recently. The aquarium is proposed to be built at a cost of Rs65 crore directly opposite the penguin enclosure at the zoo, officially called Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan va Prani Sangrahalay but popularly known as Rani Baug after...