Florida theme park closes

Florida Splendid China, a theme park that displayed miniature replicas of China's historic landmarks, was closing today.

The 10-year-old Chinese-owned theme park in Orlando had struggled for years against flashier offerings from Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld Florida. But the tourism slowdown that followed the 2001 terrorist attacks in the US made it even harder for the 76-acre park to get on a sound financial footing.

A message on Splendid China’s website said: ”Despite several years of attempting to achieve successful theme park operations, the company has concluded that it could no longer continue to incur significant losses.”