An Analysis Report: Ocean Park Aquarium in Western Australia

This report examines the Ocean Park Aquarium in Western Australia, focusing on its sustainability practices. It details the aquarium's energy sources, primarily solar power, and its water management strategies, including rainwater harvesting and desalination. The report also covers waste management, highlighting efforts to separate waste and promote the use of reusable items. Furthermore, it discusses the aquarium's role in providing employment opportunities and its limitations as a tourism attraction due to biodiversity constraints and a lack of post-visit conservation initiatives. The report concludes by emphasizing the aquarium's active role as a tourism site in Western Australia, while acknowledging areas for improvement.

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Ocean Park Aquarium in Western Australia
Indicators explaining about Ocean Park Aquarium
Indicator Explanation
Energy Ocean Park is greatly powered by a significant reserved solar installation
company in Western part of Australia which is producing about 273-kilowatt
hours per day ("Sustainability - Ocean Park," 2018). The connection powers the
Parks lighting and pump systems together with osmosis desalination part for
producing fresh and clean water. The Aquarium uses the windmill for prime
pumps and a huge vacuum cleaner for the display ponds. Use of efficient freezes
and fridges consumes less power as compared to conventional units and
technological pumps. The power provide smooth operation in the Pack for
continuous development
Water In the Aquarium, sourcing of water takes place in two ways, such as rainwater
and desalinated water. Collection of rain takes place from entire roof surfaces
and store large quantity for usage. Saving of water result from the installation of
reduced flow taps, shower heads, and waterless urinals within the restaurant and
caretakers units. Garden is within the Park and plants are carefully chosen due to
their water consumption like yukkas, dracaenas, and bougainvillea (Sharpley &
Telfer, 2015). Watering of the plants take place in the early morning and late
evening to lessen evaporation. Desalination plant work when the stored
rainwater is depleted.
Waste
management
Ocean Park maintains waste by separating paper and cardboard and organic
kitchen waste which they use in composting their gardens. They integrate the use

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of decomposable materials and designs beautiful Ocean Park travel cups, metal
water bottles, and coffee mugs to assist visitors in reducing waste in their
process traveling around Western Australia (Ballantyne & Packer, 2011).
Wind A wind turbine connects to the property, and a conventional windmill drives
water everywhere aquaria and majorly is a vacuum cleaner for the display ponds.
The Aquarium provides a more significant impact in a job market in Western Australia.
As a tourist attraction site, there are numerous departments set aside to offer services to clients
such as accommodation, security, operation and conservation, transportation, entertainment and
education among other departments. From the departments, the Aquarium employ security
personnel, drivers, technical team, tour guides, chefs, specialists, managers, educationists, and
health workers among other employment opportunities. For example, the Aquarium provides
diverse employment opportunities like marine scientists. They are responsible for providing an
educational experience to guests about marine parks through watching shark feeding, meeting
rescued sea turtles and stonefish (Smolker, 2011). Moreover, the Ocean Park act as a
rehabilitation site for wounded aquatic reptiles, in collaboration with the Sector of Parks and
Wildlife in Western part of Australia to offer assistance in caring for the injured oceanic life and
release them back into their habitat (Robson, Wijeratne, & Thums, 2017). The departments
employ personnel responsible for treating the animals resulting in a job opportunity for persons
from different parts of the world. The site provides several job opportunities to the diverse
communities in Western Australia.
Limitations for the Aquarium as tourism attraction site result from the inadequate
biodiversity. Majorly, the Ocean Pack concerns with marine lives as compared to the land which

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limits the number of people touring the area (Mohd & Ramli, 2014). This has been a big blow to
the Aquarium as there is only few things to be viewed. Tourists like seeing many things and
people will spend much to view many things at one place. This has made many tourists to opt for
other areas with many natural attractions to view rather than aquarium. Some individuals are
interested in visiting a wide range of biodiversity, thereby defined in the Aquarium which is
dominated by wildlife. Furthermore, the Aquarium engage visitors in conservation education in
most parts of the site. Some tourist's primary purpose for visiting attraction areas is limited to
conservation learning which discourages them from touring the Ocean Park. The Aquarium lack
adequate post-visit capabilities that can strengthen and spread on-site conservation information
and action. Due to that, the number of visitors decline which in turn reducing the flow of revenue
for the development of the Aquarium.
In conclusion, Ocean Pack Aquarium tourism attraction site establish the use of power
from diverse sources to enhance the provision of services to visitors. Besides, indicators such as
water, waste management, and wind shed light about the Aquarium. The Park provides internal
and external job opportunities to diverse Western Australia communities. Even though it affects
job opportunities, it experiences limitation in servicing the visitors. The Ocean Pack provide
active tourism attraction sites to visitors in entire Western Australia.

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