Thursday, 28 January 2021, 2:21 pm
More than 100,000 people have poured into Splash Planet
since it opened on November 16, making this one of its
busiest seasons to date.
With three days left to go,
the month of January has already topped previous records for
attendance, with 58,700 visitors so far, up on the previous
highest figure for the month of January, with 55,000
visitors.
Aquatics manager Peran Hutchings said that
anecdotally this year’s numbers included more people from
out of town than usual, but the majority had been
locals.
Across the board, many were visiting the
facility for the first time.
“It’s not usually