Oceanarium at Goa, India
Oceanarium at Goa, India
Oceanarium at Goa, India
An oceanarium means underwater aquarium. It is like a natural theme park where one can see the
marine creatures in their natural habitat. Many recreational activities can combine with the
oceanarium to make it a complete recreational space for any age group. It is basically a salt-
water aquarium for displaying marine animals & plants particularly oceanic, pelagic, fishes and
mammals. It serves as a centre for public entertainment and education and scientific study. They
are basically located in coastal areas.
The oceanarium is basically an edutainment attraction and is designed for family recreation,
offering both youngsters and adults the fun, excitement and enriching experience of the
wonderful underwater world.
The modern concept of the term oceanarium is a gigantic aquarium- an artificial ocean habitat
with all kinds of marine creatures, especially large ocean dwellers such as sharks and dolphins. It
can basically be called as a marine mammal park. It is a commercial theme
park or aquarium where marine mammals such as dolphins, beluga whales and sea lions are kept
within water tanks and displayed to the public in special shows.
It is an advance form of an aquarium, often located on the ocean or on a bay or river and features
outdoor pools and aquatic environments that enable visitors to see large and small fish and other
marine life from below the water surface. The underwater aquarium concept is a revolutionary
concept in entertainment along with education which bases its drawing power on our natural
human curiosity of other forms of animal life.
THE DESIGN OF THE OCEANARIUM AT PANJIM; GOA
The proposal of oceanarium has been given by the Goa government opposite the Miramar beach
in Tiswadi taluka in north Goa the capital city of Panjim.
Goa is basically a place visited by a lot of tourists on a regular basis. An oceanarium is in itself
an enormously educative and is a huge tourist attraction. Oceanariums, at places wherever they
are built, attract mainly families, with children, as well as young people interested in science and
environment. This is precisely the kind of tourism that Goa needs.
THE TOP VIEW OF THE OCEANARIUM SITE
GROUND FLOOR PLAN OF THE OCEANARIUM
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