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
Record January numbers at Hastings Splash Planet
28 Jan, 2021 01:29 AM
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More than 100,000 people have visited Splash Planet this season. Photo / Supplied
Four months after there was the question of whether Splash Planet would even open this season, the park has had record numbers of visitors.
With three days left of the month, January has had 58,000 visitors, up from the previous record monthly figure of 55,000.
The season so far as a whole has seen more than 100,000 people visit, a number usually only reached at Waitangi Day.
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.