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Ocean Park is one of the busy Hongkong Amusement parks that has seen exponential enlargement in arrival numbers in recent times. Initially Ocean Park considered as one of the Hongkong Amusement parks was built with donations from the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club and at first the Hongkong amusement parks made huge losses. However in 2004 and 2005 the Hongkong amusement parks saw increased arrivals of up to four million visitors per year. In the year 2006 Forbes listed Ocean Park one of the well known Hongkong Amusement Parks in seventh position of the Worlds Best Amusement Parks list.

The theme park currently has over 14 rides with a few more in the pipeline and also features other attractions such as aquariums. Besides housing two roller coasters, Ocean Park also features a Giant panda exhibit, a jelly fish and shark aquarium, as well as a four story aquarium displaying more than 2000 fish. The official mascot of Ocean Park is Whiskers the ever popular waving sea lion. The different parts Hongkong Amusement parks are connected by a cable car system as well as having the world's second longest outdoor escalator.
Besides being one of the leading Hongkong amusement parks, Ocean Park Hong Kong also operates observatories and well urbanized laboratories. It also has a learning department and a Whales and Dolphins Fund. In testament to not just being the typical theme park, Ocean Park Hong Kong was the first institution in the world to have success in artificial insemination of bottle nose dolphins, and has also developed numerous new breeds of goldfish.
With rapid redevelopment plans in place for Ocean Park one of well known Hongkong Amusement parks, it is bound to see a plethora of guests. A number of accommodation options are available for travelers with hotels ranging from budget to a five star hotel. For example in close proximity to the Ocean Park Amusement Park is the Cosmopolitan Hotel.