II Overview of amusement parks and theme parks...Number of amusement parks and theme parks by legal organization and capital size 2001 Composition ratio (%) Total number of amusement

II．Overview of amusement parks and theme parks

- A half of the sales of “theme parks” accounted by the fantasy department - -Number of amusement and theme parks 247 establishments -Number of persons engaged 51,817 persons -Annual sales ¥590.8 billion Per amusement park & theme park ¥2.3 9174 billion Per person engaged ¥11.4 million 1. Number of amusement parks and theme parks

The number of amusement parks and theme parks (Note 1) in 2001 was 247 establishments. 1) By legal stauts (by capital size)

When viewing the number by legal stauts, the “company” numbered 174, accounting for 70% of the total, whereas, the “corporation and body other than company” and “central and local governments” accounted for 20% and 10% respectively, the share of establishments other than “corporations” was relatively high among 8 business categories (Note 2) in the leisure-related industry in this survey.

By capital size, establishments with a capital of “¥50 to 500 million” (composition ratio of 25.1%) showed the highest share, followed by those with “less than ¥50 million” (24.3% id.) and those with “over ¥500 million” (21.1% id.).

Number of amusement parks and theme parks by legal organization and capital size

2001 Composition ratio (%)

Total number of amusement parks & theme parks 247 100.0

Company 174 70.4

Less than ¥50 million 60 24.3

¥50 to ¥500 million 62 25.1

Cap

ital

size

Over ¥500 million 52 21.1

Corporation and body other than company 48 19.4

Central & local governments 25 10.1 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- (Note 1) (i) “Amusement parks” refer to establishments engaging in the business to provide leisure to customers by arranging the

natural environment such as tress and ponds and various fee-charging leisure facilities (possessing more than 3 types of leisure facilities except for the facilities in which customers directly input coins, medals or cards, etc.).

(ii) “Theme parks” refer to fee-charging establishments to provide leisure by creating the environment of facilities in total under a specific theme to have attractions related to the theme and to incorporate software such as parades or events for producing the overall space.

(iii) “zoos, aquariums and other” refer to establishments holding conditions of the above-mentioned leisure land among zoos, botanical gardens, aquariums, parks, gardens, sight-seeing ranches and sport land (general sport facilities).

(Note 2) Regarding business categories subject to the leisure-related industry in this survey, refer to the “Remarks on the

Survey on Selected Service Industries”.

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2) By employment scale By employment scale, establishments with “1 to 29 persons engaged” numbered 72 which was the highest

share, followed by those with “50 to 99 persons engaged” and those with “over 100 persons engaged” and “30 to 49 persons engaged”. When viewing the composition ratio, each scale accounted for a little less than 20% to 30%.

Number of amusement parks and theme parks by employment scale



1 to 29 persons engaged 72 29.1



Over 100 persons engaged 61 24.7 3) By employment category of business scale

By category of business, “amusement parks” numbered 118, accounted for approximately the majority (composition ratio of 47.8%), followed by “theme parks” and “other” (including incidental facilities such as parks and sport land) numbered 46 (18.6% id.), “zoos” (zoos provided with by amusement parks) numbered 27 (10.9% id.) and “aquariums” numbered 10 (4.0% id.).

Number of amusement parks and theme parks by category of business



Amusement parks 118 47.8 Theme parks 46 18.6 Foreign buildings & culture 17 6.9 Japanese culture & history 10 4.0 Futuristic, high-tech & SF, etc. 3 1.2 Fantasy 4 1.6 Culture, art and other 12 4.9 Zoos 27 10.9 Aquariums 10 4.0

Other 46 18.6

When viewing the theme set up by “theme parks”, the “foreign buildings and culture” was the highest, followed by the “Japanese culture and history”, “culture, art and other” and “culture”.

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46

10

27

46

118

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Amusement park

Theme park

Zoo

Aquarium

Other

Breakdown of the number of themeparks

Number of amusement parks & theme parks

12

17

10

34

Foreign buildings& culture

Japanese culture &historyFuturistic, high-

tech & SF, etc.

Fantasy

Culture, art &other

2. Number of persons engaged

The number of peresons engaged in amusement parks and theme parks in 2001 was 51,817. 1) By gender, type of employment and department.

When viewing the number of persons engaged by gender, “males” numbered 20,714 (composition ratio of 40.0%) and “females” numbered 31,103 (60.0% id.). The share of female persons engaged accounted for 60.0%, which was the highest soon after the golf courses in the leisure-related industry in this survey.

When viewing the number of personse engaged by type of employment, the “part-timers”, (34,795 persons, 67.1% id.) and the “full-timers” (11,665 persons, 22.5% id.) accounted for 90%, the “solo proprietors, unpaid family workers or paid executives” (296 persons, 0.6% id.) remained a few number. In addition, the “persons temporarily transferred and dispatched (accepted)” numbered 1,402 (2.7% id.). Incidentally, the ”par-timers” accounted for more than 70% of the total employment, which showed the high ratio.

When viewing the number of employees by department, the share of employees in the “concession stand (direct management) department” was the highest, followed by the “non-clerical division” such as management, operation and demonstration of amusement facilities.

Number of persons engaged

2001 (persons) Composition ratio

(%)

Total number of persons engaged 51,817 100.0

Male 20,714 40.0

Gen

der

Female 31,103 60.0

Solo proprietors, unpaid-family workers or paid executives 296 0.6

Regular employees 46,460 89.7

Full-timers 11,665 22.5

Part-timers 34,795 67.1

Temporary employees 3,659 7.1

Empl

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ent t

ype

Persons temporarily transferred and dispatched (accepted) 1,402 2.7 Management & sales 3,231 6.2 Ticket window & usher 2,809 5.4 Non-clerical division 15,809 30.5 Concession stand (direct management) 21,040 40.6 Other 7,526 14.5

Dep

artm

ent

Persons temporarily transferred and dispatched (accepted) 1,402 2.7

Ratio of the number of persons engaged by type of employment and gender

38.2

56.0

71.4

31.4

61.3

9.5

60.0

0 20 40 60 80 100

[Female][Male]

　Solo proprietors, unpaid-family workers or paid executives

Regular employees

Full-timers

Part-timers

Temporary employees

Persons temporarily transferred &dispatched (accepted)

Total number of persons engaged

(%) (%)

40.0

90.5

38.7

68.6

28.6

44.0

61.8

100 80 60 40 20

2) By category of business When observing the number of persons engaged by category of business, the number was the highest in

“theme parks” numbered 36,860 (composition ratio of 71.1%), followed by “amusement parks” numbered 9,839 (19.0% id.).

When viewing the number of persons engaged per amusement and theme park, that of “theme parks” numbered 801 was 10 times larger scale than that of “amusement parks”.

When observing the breakdown, the shares of both “futuristic, high-tech and SF, etc.” and “fantasy” numbered approximately 12,000 accounted for approximately 65%.

When viewing the number of persons engaged per theme park, that of “futuristic, high-tech and SF, etc.” (approximately 4,000 persons), “fantasy” (approximately 3,000 id.) was overwhelmingly high, in addition, “culture, art and other” and “foreign buildings and culture” greatly exceeded areas other than “theme parks”.

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Number of persons engaged by category of business

2001 (persons) Composition ratio

(%)

Number of persons engaged

per amusement park & theme park

(persons) Number of persons engaged 51,817 100.0 210

Amusement parks 9,839 19.0 83

Theme parks 36,860 71.1 801

Foreign buildings & culture 4,372 8.4 257

Japanese culture & history 585 1.1 59

Futuristic, high-tech & SF, etc. 11,965 23.1 3,988

Fantasy 11,755 22.7 2,939

Culture, art and other 8,183 15.8 682

Zoos 1,743 3.4 65

Aquariums 774 1.5 77

Other 2,601 5.0 57

When viewing the ratio by gender of the number of persons engaged by category of business, the share of male persons engaged was higher in “amusement parks”, “zoos” and “other”, whereas, the share of female persons engaged was higher in “theme parks” and “aquariums”. This is because the share of the “non-clerical” such as management and operation of leisure facilities in “amusement parks” and “zoos” was high, whereas, the share of “restaurants and shops (direct management)” was high in “theme parks”, and there were many persons engaged in demonstration of attractions in the “non-clerical division”.

Ratio of the number of persons engaged by category of business and gender

45.4

65.7

42.1

53.0

48.5

0 20 40 60 80

Amusement parks

Theme parks

Zoos

Aquariums

Other

[Female][Male]

(%) (%)

51.5

47.0

57.9

34.3

54.6

80 60 40 20 3. Annual sales

The annual sales of amusement parks and theme parks in 2001 marked ¥590.8 billion. Incidentally, the annual sales per amusement park and theme park marked ¥2.38174 billion and the annual sales per employment marked ¥11.4 million. 1) By revenue classification

When observing the annual sales by revenue classification, the “admission fee and facility utilization fee revenue” marked ¥263.7 billion (composition ratio of 44.6%) and the “concession stand (direct management) sales revenue” marked ¥232.8 billion (39.4% id.), which were almost the same shares. In addition, the “other revenue” including revenue of directly managed lodging accommodations, and restaurants and shops commissioned management marked ¥81.3 billion and the “parking lot fee revenue” marked ¥12.9 billion.

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Annual sales by revenue classification

2001 (¥1 million) Composition ratio

(%)

Annual sales in total 590,759 100.0

Admission fee & facility utilization fee revenue 263,730 44.6

Concession stand (direct management) sales revenue 232,828 39.4

Parking lot fee revenue 12,903 2.2

Other revenue 81,297 13.8 2) By legal status (by capital size)）

When viewing the annual sales by legal status, the “company” marked ¥574 billion, accounting for the majority such as 97.2% of the total. The shares of “corporation and body other than company” (¥11.4 billion) and the “central and local governments” (¥5.3 billion) were extremely low, as a reason for this, it can be considered that the annual sales were low due to the emphasis on the regional development, etc. more than profit-making as the purpose of its establishment so that amusement theme parks operated by associations and others or the central and local governments with free of admission fee or setting up reasonable admission fee.

Of those, when viewing corporations by capital size, the corporations with a capital of ¥500 million

accounted for approximately 80% of the total, thus, the share of large-scale corporations was extremely high.

Annual sales by legal status and capital size


(%)

Annual sales in total 590,759 100.0

Company 573,989 97.2

Less than ¥50 million 43,158 7.3

¥50 to ¥500 million 65,549 11.1

Cap

ital s

ize

Over ¥500 million 465,281 78.8

Corporation and body other than company 11,441 1.9

Central & local governments 5,329 0.9 3) By employment scale

When observing the annual sales by employment scale, those at establishments with over 100 persons engaged ¥514.5 billion (composition ratio of 87.1%), which showed the highest sales, followed by those with 50 to 99 persons engaged marked ¥50.4 billion (8.5% id.), consequently, establishments with over 100 persons engaged accounted for nearly 90%.

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Annual sales by employment scale

2001 (¥1 million)

Composition ratio (%)

Annual sales per amusement park &

theme park (¥10,000)

Annual sales per person engaged

(¥10,000) Annual sales in total 590,759 100.0 239,174 1,140 1 to 29 persons engaged 10,752 1.8 14,933 837 30 to 49 persons engaged 15,172 2.6 34,479 882 50 to 99 persons engaged 50,372 8.5 71,960 1,013 Over 100 persons engaged 514,462 87.1 843,384 1,173

When observing the annual sales per amusement park and theme park by employment scale, as the

employment scale became larger, the annual sales per amusement and theme park became higher; in particular, those at establishments with “over 100 persons engaged” were extremely high at ¥8.4 billion.

When viewing the annual sales per person engaged, as the employment scale became larger, the sales per amusement and theme park became higher; however, there is no difference between the scales so much.

Annual sales per unit by employment scale

Annual sales per amusement park & theme park

2392

149

345

720

3434

01000200030004000

Annual slaes in total

1 to 29 persons engaged

30 to 49persons engaged

50 to 99persons engaged

Over 100persons engaged

9000

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8434

（Unit: 1 million)


1140

837

882

1013

1173

0 500 1000 1500

　

　

　

　

　

（Unit: 10,000）

4) By category of business

When viewing the annual sales by category of business, those of “theme parks” marked ¥409.2 billion (composition ratio of 69.3%) which showed the highest sales, followed by those at “amusement parks” marked ¥127.3 billion (21.5% id.), those at “zoos” marked ¥21.1 billion (3.6% id.), those at “other” marked ¥20.6 billion (3.5% id.) and those at “aquariums” marked ¥12.7 billion (2.1%). In addition, when observing the breakdown, the “fantasy” (¥196.4 billion) and the “culture, art and other” (¥101 billion) exceeded ¥100 billion in the annual sales.

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Annual sales by category of business

206

127

211

1273

4092

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500

Theme parks

Amusement parks

Zoos

Aquariums

Other

Breakdown of the annual sales of theme parks

( 100 million)

337

704

1010

1964

78

Culture, art &other

Fantasy

Japanese culture & history Futuristic, high-tech & SF, etc.

Foreign buildings & culture

When viewing the annual sales by category of business by ratio of income classification, those at

“amusement parks”, “zoos” and “aquariums” accounted for more than the majority of the “admission fee and facility utilization fee revenue”, whereas, the “concession stand (direct management) sales revenue” became the main force in “theme parks”.

Composition ratio of the annual sales by category of business and income classification

44.6

58.9

39.2

52.4

66.0

42.9

39.4

21.6

47.1

14.0

23.3

33.1

13.8

16.1

12.0

29.2

9.2

21.22.7

1.5

4.4

1.7

3.3

2.2

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Total by business category

Amusement parks

Theme parks

Zoos

Aquariums

Other

Admission fee & facility utilization fee revenue Concession stand (direct management) sales revenue Parking lot fee revenue Other revenue

When observing the annual sales per amusement park and theme park, those at “theme park” showed the overwhelmingly high sales at ¥8.89512 billion, followed by “zoos” (¥1.26503 billion) and “amusement parks” (¥1.0784 billion). Moreover, of those in theme parks, the sales of the fantasy department showed the remarkable sales at ¥49.1 billion.

When viewing the annual sales per person engaged, the sales at “aquariums” showed the highest sales at ¥16.34 million, followed by “amusement parks” (¥12.93 million) and “zoos” (¥12. 11 million). Incidentally, since “theme parks” which showed the highest annual sales focused the departments required for a great number of employees such as attractions or restaurants and shops and there were some large-scale establishments opened

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less than 1 year ago in this survey, the sales per employee remained the relatively low level.

Annual sales by category of business


(%)

Annual sales per amusement park &

theme park (¥10,000)


(¥10,000)

Annual sales in total 590,759 100.0 239,174 1,140

Amusement park 127,252 21.5 107,840 1,293

Theme parks 409,175 69.3 889,512 1,110

Foreign buildings & culture 70,411 11.9 414,182 1,610

Japanese culture & history 7,761 1.3 77,613 1,327

Futuristic, high-tech & SF, etc. 33,699 5.7 1,123,309 282

Fantasy 196,354 33.2 4,908,851 1,670

Culture, art and other 100,950 17.1 841,249 1,234

Zoo 21,100 3.6 78,146 1,211

Aquarium 12,650 2.1 126,503 1,634

Other 20,582 3.5 44,743 791 4. Number of visitors

The annual number of visitors at amusement and theme parks in 2001 was 109.26 million. 1) Annual number of visitors

When viewing the annual number of visitors, the number was the highest in “theme parks” numbered 50.83 million (46.5% id.), followed by “amusement parks” numbered 35.53 million (32.5% id.) and “zoos” numbered 12.47 million (11.4% id.).

Annual number of visitors at theme parks

2001 (persons)


Composition ratio of theme

parks (%)

Number of visitors per

amusement park & theme park

(persons) Total number of visitors at amusement parks and theme parks 109,260,335 100.0 546,302

Amusement parks 35,532,566 32.5 428,103

Theme parks 50,827,575 46.5 100.0 1,104,947

Foreign buildings & culture 11,910,925 10.9 23.4 700,643

Japanese culture & history 3,076,972 2.8 6.1 307,697

Futuristic, high-tech & SF, etc. 4,932,787 4.5 9.7 1,644,262

Fantasy 18,587,330 17.0 36.6 4,646,833

Culture, art & other 12,319,561 11.3 24.2 1,026,630

Zoos 12,466,018 11.4 498,641

Aquariums 2,497,772 2.3 277,530

Other 7,936,404 7.3 214,497

When observing the breakdown of “theme parks” which showed the highest number of visitors, the share of “fantasy” numbered 18.59 million (composition ratio of 36.6%). The “culture, art and other” numbered 12.32 million (24.2% id.) and “foreign buildings and culture” numbered 11.91 million (23.4% id.). The share of the “futuristic, high-tech and SF, etc.” was relatively small in the 2001 survey because the large-scale

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establishments opened less than 1 year ago were included. When viewing the annual number of visitors per amusement park and theme park, the number was

550,000. When viewing the breakdown, the “fantasy” numbered 4.65 million, the “futuristic, high-tech and SF, etc.” numbered 1.64 million and “culture, art and other” numbered 1.03 million, which respectively exceeded 1 million visitors. 2) Number of visitors by month

When observing the annual number of visitors by month, the number was high in August (17.51 million visitors, composition ratio of 16.0%) during summer vacation, May (14.5 million visitors, 13.3% id.) including the golden week, therefore, these months are blessed by climate in general and continuous holidays.

Number of visitors at theme parks by month (¥10,000)

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700

800

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August

Septem

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Octobe

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2000 2001

Theme parks

Amusement parks

Aquariums

Zoos

Other

(Total number of visitors: 10,000 persons:)　　　 (824) 　 (595) (463) (453) (869) (1062) (1450) (689) (863) (1751) (909) (998)

2) Number of visitors by day of the week

When viewing the number of visitors by day of the week, the number on “Monday through Friday (weekday)” was 45.62 million (composition ratio of 41.8%) and that of “Saturday and Sunday and holidays” numbered 63.64 million (58.2% id.).

By category of business, the ratio of “Monday through Friday” (weekday)” was the highest in the theme parks” at 52.8%, especially the ratio of the “fantasy” and “culture, art and other” exceeded 50%. On the other hand, the ratio of “Saturday and Sunday and holidays” was higher in “other” (69.1% id.), the “amusement parks” (68.3% id.) and “zoos” (68.0% id.).

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Ratio of visitors at amusement parks and theme parks by day of the week

21.5

20.5

26.4

23.4

24.5

16.9

18.0

20.7

16.8

22.3

46.8

26.7

33.3

34.4

27.8

21.9

25.2

47.3

40.3

46.8

20.9 37.3

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

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r

Zoo

m

her

(%)

Saturday　　　　　　　　　　 Sunday & holidays　　　　　Total

Saturday, Sunday & holidays

58.2

68.3

47.2

59.7

57.8

52.3

38.8

43.2

68.0

69.1

57.1

30.9

42.9

32.0

56.8

61.2

47.7

42.2

40.3

52.8

31.7

41.8

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(%)Monday to Friday


Amusement park

Theme par


Japanese culture & history

uturistic, high-tech & SF, etc.

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Culture, art& othe

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Ot


Amusement parks

Theme parks



Futuristic, high- tech & SF, etc.

Fantasy

Culture art & Other

Zoos

Aquariums

Other

5. Utilization fees per visitor

When observing the utilization fee per visitor, the fee of the “theme parks” was ¥8,050, that of “aquariums” marked ¥5,065, that of “amusement parks” marked ¥3,581, that of “other” was ¥2,593 and that of “zoos” was ¥1,693, which varied widely. Of fees of the “theme parks”, the fee of “fantasy” was the highest at ¥10,564, followed by “futuristic, high-tech and SF” marked ¥6,832and “foreign buildings and culture” marked ¥5,911.

In addition, of fees in the “theme parks”, the fee of “restaurants and shops (direct management)” exceeded greatly in the fee of “fantasy”, and “culture, art and other”, this can be considered due to a great contribution of the sales of popular character goods.

Admission fees and facility utilization fees per visitor and utilization fee of restaurants and shop (direct management)

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 50000100020003000400050000

Restaurants and shop (direct management) Admission fees and facility utilization fees per visitor

600(¥)

2131

775

3789

1843

847

2926

3983

237

1179

859

rk

ntasy

Zoo

Other

2414

2109

3159

2032

1463

3128

3903

3562

887

3343

1113

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　


Theme pa


Fa

　

　


Amusement parks

Theme parks



Futuristic, high- tech & SF, etc.

Fantasy

Culture, art & other

Zoos

Aquariums

Other

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6000(¥)

5623

6. Lot area The total lot area of the amusement parks and theme parks was 75.11 million m2. When vowing this by

category of business, the lot area was the largest in “amusement parks” marked 29.07 million m2 (composition ratio of 38.7%), followed by “theme parks” marked 15.34 m2 (20.4% id.), “zoos” marked 5.81 million m2 (7.7% id.), “aquariums” marked 940,000 m2 (1.3% id.) and “other” marked 23.95 million m2 (31.9% id.).

Ratio of the total lot area by category of business

38.731.9

7.7

1.3

20.4

Total floor area75.11 million m2

Theme parks

Amusement parks

Zoos

Aquariums

Other

Next, when viewing the ratio by facility, the share of the “other facilities” including the natural environment space such as trees, ponds, and squares or restaurants and shops, ad lodging accommodations and parking lots was high in all categories, whereas, the share of the “facilities equivalent to museum” was relatively high in the “zoos” and “aquariums”.

Ratio of the total lot area by facility

27.2

38.1

30.4

23.8

17.3

13.3

8.5

8.0

27.2

23.3

7.3

7.1

7.2

1.8

3.5

0.7

11.6

57.1

46.7

64.6

45.5

58.6

67.8

3.3

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%


Amusement parks

Theme parks

Zoos

Aquariums

Other

Attractionfacilities Other facilities similar to a museum

Sport facilities Other facilities

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Furthermore, when observing the total lot area by type of possession, in the business other then “other”, the share of “own possession” was the highest, respectively accounted for approximately 70% in the “theme parks” and for approximately 50% in the “amusement parks” and “zoos.

Ratio of the total lot area by possession type

43.8

45.2

66.0

45.6

37.7

27.8

26.3

20.8

8.0

36.9

12.5

42.5

16.8

25.0

19.9

5.2

12.2

7.7

13.1

8.9

6.1

12.3

37.5

21.9

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%


Amusement parks

Theme parks

Zoos

Aquariums

Other

Owened Public land Leased (private land) Leased (public land)

7. Annual operating costs

The annual operating costs of establishments in total (including the sector other than the amusement and theme park sector) marked ¥557.9 billion and the share of operating cost in the annual sales was 94.4%. When viewing the breakdown, the “other operating costs” including rental charges of facilities or production expenses for shows and events marked ¥251.8 billion (composition ratio 45.1%), the total salary paid” marked ¥125.1 billion (22.4% id.) and the “concession stand (direct management) costs” marked ¥112.5 billion (20.2% id.).

When observing the composition ratio by category of business, the share of the “amusement areas”, “zoos”, “aquariums” and “other” was high in the “other operating costs” at the amusement parks, whereas, the share of the “other operating costs” and “concession stand (direct management)” was high at the “theme parks”. In addition, the “total salary paid” accounted for 20 to 30% in either category of business.

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Annual operating costs of amusement parks and theme parks by category of business

2001 (¥1 million) Amusement

parks Theme parks Zoos Aquariums Other

Annual operating costs 557,933 133,003 371,499 21,941 9,611 21,879

Total salary paid 125,096 29,468 80,967 5,661 2,722 6,278 Facility management costs 47,066 15,436 22,417 4,142 1,467 3,604 Rental costs 21,474 8,561 9,090 945 496 2,381

Concession stand (direct management) costs 112,506 15,736 89,343 1,748 1,545 4,134

Other operating costs 251,792 63,802 169,682 9,444 3,381 5,483

2001


Amusement parks Theme parks Zoos Aquariums Other

Annual operating costs 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Total salary paid 22.4 22.2 21.8 25.8 28.3 28.7 Facility management costs 8.4 11.6 6.0 18.9 15.3 16.5 Rental costs 3.8 6.4 2.4 4.3 5.2 10.9

Concession stand (direct management) costs 20.2 11.8 24.0 8.0 16.1 18.9

Other operating costs 45.1 48.0 45.7 43.0 35.2 25.1 8. Trend by prefecture 1) Number of amusement parks and theme parks

When viewing the number of amusement parks and theme parks (hereinafter, the number of amusement and theme parks refers to the number of establishments) by prefecture, it was the highest in Hokkaido numbered 18 establishments (composition ratio of 7.3%), followed by Hyogo numbered 15 (6.1% id.), Tokyo numbered 13 (5.3% id.), Shizuoka, Gunma and Chiba. The top-ranking prefectures usually hold cities designated by cabinet order or prefectures around the Kanto region.

Number of amusement and theme parks by prefecture

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Number of amusement parks & theme parks

Overview 7 14/14

Overview 7 15/15

2) Annual sales

When observing the annual sales by prefecture, the sales were the largest in Chiba marked ¥220.3 billion, accounting for 37.3% of the total, followed by Osaka (composition ratio 15.8%), Mie (6.5% id.), Nagasaki, Tokyo and Kanagawa, the top-ranking prefectures such as Chiba, Osaka and Mie accounted for approximately 60% of the total annual sales.

When viewing the annual sales per amusement park and theme park, Chiba showed the highest sales at ¥22 billion, followed by ¥10.3 billion, so these 2 prefectures exceeded ¥10 billion.

Annual sales by prefecture (top-ranking 10 prefectures)

Per amusement park & theme park

Prefecture Number of amusement

& theme parks

Annual sales(¥1 million)


Number of visitors

(persons) Annual sales

(¥10,000)

Number of visitors

（persons）

National total 247 590,759 100.0 109,260,335 239,174 546,302

1st Chiba 10 220,290 37.3 22,515,070 2,202,896 2,501,674

2nd Osaka 9 93,050 15.8 10,392,446 1,033,884 1,484,635

3rd Mie 4 38,552 6.5 5,773,713 963,812 1,443,428

4th Nagasaki 2 X X X X X

5th Tokyo 13 29,193 4.9 8,716,935 224,565 792,449

6h Kanagawa 8 17,726 3.0 3,753,076 221,576 625,513

7th Hyogo 15 17,404 2.9 7,177,098 116,026 598,092

8th Tochigi 8 14,904 2.5 3,071,567 186,300 438,795

9th Okayama 9 11,186 1.9 3,070,638 124,288 383,830

10th Fukuoka 8 10,367 1.8 4,182,549 129,583 597,507

(Note) Ranking is decided based on the annual sales in order.

Documents

II Overview of amusement parks and theme parks...Number of amusement parks and theme parks by legal organization and capital size 2001 Composition ratio (%) Total number of amusement