The provocative theme park Dismaland anticapitalist British artist Banksy opened in August generated a profit of 20 million pounds (30.5 million dollars) thanks to visitors attracted south of England, as estimated office Somerset tourism.
More than 150,000 people visited the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare (southwest) a park where visitors found boats full of refugees, riot police vans and a castle tale half fairy demolished.
The temporary exhibition closed after selling 4,000 tickets a day over the Internet, plus another 500 at the door to those who waited in long lines for hours to get to visit the facility .
The mysterious British artist, who became known in the 1980s as a graffiti artist but has never revealed his true identity, Dismaland defined as “not recommended for children theme park.”
Although the park was conceived as a satire on the tourism industry and amusement parks, opening revived the economy of the area, according Visit Somerset.
” The show has gone far beyond what we expected, “he told the BBC John Turner, a spokesman for the tourist office.
” It became a global phenomenon of great importance for the region and shows how key that can be tourism to the local economy, “said
.
The opening of Dismaland made hotels and B of Weston-super-Mare have been full for every night since it opened the park, although September is a rainy month in which tourism in the coastal town is often scarce.
The head of the association of hoteliers in the town, Keith Fearn said that came “foreign visitors everywhere, from Mexico, Tailancia, China, the United States “.
” It was fantastic, “Fear said, which estimates that compared to the same period last year, has sold over 50,000 nights in establishments of the people.
Increased tourism also generated profits in local restaurants and in the transport sector.
The company Great Western Railways, which manages the line train between London and Weston-super-Mare, doubled in the last five weeks the number of passengers on the route, representing a gain of about 4.5 million pounds (6.8 million dollars).
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