An 18-hole golf course will be among the attractions at a long-awaited amusement park in the state of Rajasthan’s capital city.
Jaipur Mega-Tourism City will spread over 300 acres in Jaipur, a city of 3.1 million that’s sometimes called “the Paris of India.” Jaipur serves as the arrival and departure point for most of the 18 million tourists who visit Rajasthan every year, and Noida-based International Amusement Limited expects a large number of those travelers to pay at least a two-day visit to the mega-tourism city.
The amusement park in Jaipur will be the largest of the five “appu ghar” currently operating in India. It’ll include a water park, a family entertainment center, a shopping area, pubs and restaurants, and other distractions. It’ll be flanked by 773 villas and six hotels with 1,700 total rooms, and its golf course will be designed by Phil Ryan of Victoria, Australia-based Pacific Coast Design.
IAL has been building amusement parks in India since 1984, and it’s been hoping to build the mega-tourism city in Jaipur since 2006, when it secured a lease on the site from the Jaipur Development Authority. Recently resolved legal issues had clouded the venture’s future, but IAL now believes it can begin construction this year.
The golf course in Jaipur will be built by New Delhi-based New Millennium Company. Ryan and New Millennium have worked together before, on an 18-hole track at Oxford Golf & Country Club in Pune, and they’re currently collaborating on a 27-hole complex for the Delhi Development Authority in Dwarka.
On his own, Ryan has designed at least three other golf courses in India: Eagleton Golf Village in suburban Bangalore, Poona Golf Club in Pune, and JW Golf Club in Mysore. Today he’s also designing a new golf course for Chirnside Park Country Club in suburban Melbourne, Australia.
IAL’s directors, Robin and Monny Vijeshwar, hope to open the mega-tourism city’s golf course in 2014.
The original version of the preceding post first appeared in the November 2012 issue of the World Edition of the Golf Course Report.
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