Does Phuket have a public (non-hotel) water park? Something like Siam Park in Bkk, with water-slides, pools, relaxation, etc.? I can't seem to find anything, which surprises me given Phuket's tourism and climate.

Thanks for your comments!

Dear lord, various incarnations of this plan have been mooted every year for the last 8 or so...

Cost of land in the prime tourist spots seem prohibitive. This last year a (IMO clever) attempt was made to use these floating slides and fun items that were tethered in a roped of section of the sea.. Didnt seem to take off somehow.

Dear lord, various incarnations of this plan have been mooted every year for the last 8 or so...

Cost of land in the prime tourist spots seem prohibitive. This last year a (IMO clever) attempt was made to use these floating slides and fun items that were tethered in a roped of section of the sea.. Didnt seem to take off somehow.

Maybe I'm naive, but it surprises me that a well funded (and connected) group hasn't built a waterpark in a place like Phuket.

I agree - land costs can be prohibitive. But must a waterpark be located in a "prime tourist spot" to succeed in Phuket? Would there be a lack of support for a cool waterpark if people had to drive a bit for it?

Thank you for your thoughts on this. Cheers.

thailand isn't a prime 'family holiday' destination, more of a grown-up destination... hope this builds a picture as to why nobody has built one yet..

Dear lord, various incarnations of this plan have been mooted every year for the last 8 or so...

Cost of land in the prime tourist spots seem prohibitive. This last year a (IMO clever) attempt was made to use these floating slides and fun items that were tethered in a roped of section of the sea.. Didnt seem to take off somehow.

Maybe I'm naive, but it surprises me that a well funded (and connected) group hasn't built a waterpark in a place like Phuket.

I agree - land costs can be prohibitive. But must a waterpark be located in a "prime tourist spot" to succeed in Phuket? Would there be a lack of support for a cool waterpark if people had to drive a bit for it?

Thank you for your thoughts on this. Cheers.

I think it does need to be in a prime tourist spot to have any hope of working.. Probably Patong or Karon only..

Last time I heard they were trying to make this fly the land plot was 200m plus then the build costs and on site infrastructure.. To give a very minimal 10% ROI the land alone needs 20m a year return AFTER running costs. thats +- 1/2 mil a week profit needed just to break even on the investment. Thats a lot of water park fans.

Plus consider what it would do to our dry season water issues !!

thailand isn't a prime 'family holiday' destination, more of a grown-up destination... hope this builds a picture as to why nobody has built one yet..

I'm not a family guy, but would still love to go to a cool waterpark. I tried the one in Jomtien, unfortunately that one is a joke