Gold Coast theme parks have long been tourism’s top-dog — but can they survive 2020? – ABC News

As the Gold Coast’s famous theme parks reopen their gates amid a pandemic, can the industry learn from some high-profile mistakes to survive and thrive in a post-2020 world?
Key points:

• Howard Kodra worked at a number of Gold Coast theme parks in the 1970s and 80s including Sea World and Cade’s County Waterpark
• He witnessed a lot of mistakes over the years made by industry “cowboys”, from animal cruelty to financial mismanagement
• Dreamworld’s COO said in order to keep t…

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