page_title: Tropical Islands Resort
section_title: Further development
hierarchical_section_title: Tropical Islands Resort / Further development
caption_attribution_description: English: Tropical Islands indoor view from the water slide tower.
context_page_description: Tropical Islands Resort is a tropical theme park located in the former Brand-Briesen Airfield in Halbe, a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg, Germany, 50 kilometres from the southern boundary of Berlin. It is housed in a former airship hangar, the biggest free-standing hall in the world. The hall belonged to the company Cargolifter until its insolvency in 2002.
  Tropical Islands has a maximum capacity of 8,200 visitors a day. In its first year of operation it attracted 975,000 visitors, according to the operators. The Tanjong company reported 155,000 visitors in the business year February 2004 to February 2005. Approximately 600 people work at Tropical Islands.
  Tropical Islands has a world record for the largest indoor waterpark. It is bigger than Canada's World Waterpark at West Edmonton Mall. It is also the fourth-largest building in the world by usable volume.
  Parques Reunidos acquired Tropical Islands in December 2018.
context_section_description: A 4,000 m² children's play area opened in 2007. In mid-2007, a sauna and spa facility with six separate areas was added, the largest tropical sauna complex in Europe. The design of the saunas is inspired by UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South-East Asia, including a cave temple on Elephanta Island in India and the Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia. The bathing area includes a 27-metre high water slide tower with four slides, a children's play area and a crazy golf course.
  According to figures published by the company, Tropical Islands has spent EUR 23 million on further development and expansion work. The original total investment sum announced was EUR 75 million, including a EUR 17 million subsidy from the federal state of Brandenburg. The purpose of the subsidy for the development work was to preserve the 501 jobs.
  In 2008, a campsite was added close to the Tropical Islands hall.
caption: Indoor view from the water slide tower in 2020.
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