Human desires for close interaction with wildlife and the exhibition of rare, large and dangerous animals for the novel and exciting experiences (Newsome & Hughes, 2016). Dinosaur is prehistoric animal which people feel rare and unique and want to experience. To meet their needs, worldwide theme parks has adopts dinosaur in the entire theme park or attraction development (click here for the list).
The movie Jurassic world facilitates the interests in and curious for dinosaur. Since the film Jurassic Park, the interests have been intensified, and increasing people visit dinosaur theme park which can be thrown back millions of years to see, hear and feel and prehistoric world.
In China, Dinosaur (Sinosauropteryx, Brachiosaurus and adrosaurus) fossils were found and opened China Dinosaur Park in 2000, with the purpose of preserving and presenting the fossils for the educational purposes. The China Dinosaur Park also has 70 different kinds of trees, more than 4,000 plants with 20 amusements attractions for tourists.
While the Dinosaur theme parks steadily to grow, some critics argue that the development of dinosaur theme park is too much focused on attracting tourists. The dinosaur theme park mainly aims to satisfy tourists who are looking for unique experiences rather than instill the awareness that Dinosaur as living deserving respect and its historical values.
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