Sunday, May 15, 2011

Hello Kitty theme park set to open in China

 Hello Kitty, this cat famous cartoon with the bow Rose, will get its own Park of attractions in China come 2014.

Sanrio Japan, feline parent Company, announced this week a partnership with Shanghai Insight Holdings China (Group) Co., about what will be the first Hello Kitty out of the Japan Park, reports the Wall Street Journal.


Sanrio currently operates Hello Kitty-themed Puroland, Tokyo (the staff which is on the photo to the left) and Harmonyland in the southern part of the country.


Expected to attract one million visitors each year, the new park for families with children groups and young women who collect the Hello Kitty goods, according to the Los Angeles Times.


Construction of the Park of 150 acres $ 215 million, should begin in July in Zhejiang province, about three hours west of Shanghai.


Hello Kitty exists since 1974 and, with his "friends" cartoon, has fueled an industry where sales of 50,000 products - including dolls, clothing, accessories, products electronic and same cars - in 109 countries and territories, in accordance with the International Business Times.


It was recently announced that China would also receive a Disneyland Park, also to be completed in 2014.

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