History
Nandan Park is a project of Nandan group a well established business company of Bangladesh. This group is pursuing new business opportunities because the world is not static. There have been many developments in the recent past that will affect us all both in Bangladesh and globally.
As their commitment is to improve the quality of life of the people in Bangladesh they tried to make a project in where they can give the people entertainment. They actually want to make the life of Bangladeshi people more enjoyable. They felt that they need to develop a competitive business in entertainment sector in Bangladesh. According to this thought they create a Park business in Bangladesh and that is Nandan Park.
Nandan Group feels that one and only leading group operates the business like Fantasy Kingdom and this park is not for all types of people of the society. Even not for al age group of people. Fantasy Kingdom is specifically for teenagers and surrounding age’s people. Nandan Park is established for every age group.
Nandan Park is a joint venture of Nandan Park limited and Nicco Parks & Resorts Limited, India. They have total 16 investor and 14 of them are United Kingdom’s citizen.
Date of Establishment
February 2002
Objectives:
- To introduce, the new think of entertainment term in the people of Bangladesh.
- To make Bangladeshi people interested about entertainment.
- To make a comparative business sector in Bangladesh for entertainment.
- To fulfill the social commitment.
Location
The park situated on Baripara and it is just 25 minutes from the city, on the Dhaka-Chandra highway, it takes 10 minuets if any body tries to come in the park from Shaver. The Nandan Park is a natural park of fun and excitement.
Bus Service & Timings
01. Name of Service: BRTC
Route: (Motijheel- Jibonbima- Gulistan- Pressclub- Shahbag-Farmgat- Asadget- Shamoli- Tanical- Shaver- jahangirnogor-Nobinogor- Bipiel- EPZA- Jiranibazar)
Timing: Every 5 Minutes
02. Name of Service: Moon Light
Route: (Gulistan- Polton- Mogbazar- Shatrasta- Nabisco- Mohakhali- Kakoli- Khilkhat- Airport- Azampur-House Bulilding- Abdullahpur- Tongi Bazar- Station Road- Kamar Para- Taltola- Asulia- Zirab- Zamgora- Baipail- EPZA- Zirani Bazar- Nandan Park)
Timing: Every 10 Minuets.
Timings of the Park
Parks open each and everyday of the week from 11 am to 09 pm. They might change there timing on some special occasions
Facilities
Rides-
There are different types of ride in Nandan Park. Some of them are really interesting. There were 11 rides when Fantasy Kingdom started its journey but now there are 24 rides.
Some of them mentioned bellow-
1. Cable Car
It is neither plane nor train, it run over the sky and here is the real interesting factor. It is really thrilling to enjoy this ride.
2. Water coaster.
It’s a ride where people have felled from a big height and it is really an exciting one.
3. Moon Raker.
It’s a car to go on Moon. This train goes to the Moon with huge sound and noise. It runs to the moon without rocket.
4. Tilt-A- Whirl.
5. Big balloon.
6. Caterpillar.
7. Iceland.
8. Paddle Boat.
9. Musical Fountain.
It is really an interesting event of Nandan Park and people really enjoy it. People could not be able to feel the feelings if we say it in wards.
10. Sphere Fountain
11. Net-a-Ball
12. Roller Skating
13. Crazy Cycle
14. Mini Golf
15. Kids Play Zone
16. Aquarium Pond
17. Paddle Car \ Cycle
18. Crazy Mirrors
19. Titanic
Multi Play Area
21.Foods and Beverage Facilities
The Nandan Park is providing foods and beverage facilities inside the park. These foods are produced by themselves (Nandan Foods Ltd.) and they sell these items inside their park. For this reason it is strictly prohibited to bring foods by the visitors. It can be mentioned another business policy, they are also generating revenue from this sector.
In the question of the quality and pricing of the food it can easily be told that the quality is good enough and pricing is fair.
Security
Nandan Park is providing well protected security both inside and outside of their Kingdom’s territory. They have their own security system, trained stuffs, civil dressed security guard. It should also mention that they have a secured boundary all-around the park. In some unwanted situation they get help from Bangladesh Police, Rapid action battalion (RAB) etc. Bangladesh government providing them Aanser for the security of the park.
Parking
Nandan Park is providing parking facilities for those people who bring their own cars to visit the park. They have own park space and is cover 750 cars to park at a time. But this facility is not well enough when huge number of people gather to visit the park.
Pricing Of Gate Entry and Rides
Serial No | Name | Pricing |
01. | Main gate | 60 Taka. |
02. | Sphere Fountain | N \ A |
03. | Tilt-A-Whirl | 20Taka. |
04. | Iceland | 30Taka. |
05. | Geneva Fountain | N \ A |
06. | Caterpillar | 10Taka. |
07. | Fun Game | 20Taka. |
08. | Water Coaster | 30Taka. |
09. | Net-a-Ball | 20Taka. |
10. | Food Court | Depends on menu of order |
11. | Roller skating | 10Taka. |
12. | Crazy Cycle | 10Taka. |
13. | Mini – Golf | 30Taka. |
14. | Kids Play Zone | Free. |
15. | Aquarium Pond | Free. |
16. | Paddle Car\Cycle | 10Taka. |
17. | Crazy Mirrors | Free. |
18. | Moon Raker | 20 Taka. |
19. | Toilet | N \ A |
20. | Paddle Boat | 10Taka. |
21. | Kontaki | 10Taka. |
22. | Cable Car | 30Taka. |
23. | Titanic | 10Taka |
24. | Musical Dancing | Free. |
25. | Multi Play Area | Free. |
Corporate \ Family picnic Package
Whole Park, both dry and Water world (Taka 395 per person)
- Entry, each and every ride, picnic sport.
- Free foods and beverage
- Special restrooms
- Free information booklet of Nandan Park.
- Reserved car parking space.
- Unlimited ride on Water world but limited ride on dry park
- Minimum 100 people are required for booking the park.
- Pricing is equal for every person of every age group.
Only Dry Park (Taka 295 per person)
- Entry, each and every ride, picnic sport.
- Free foods and beverage
- Special restrooms
- Free information booklet of Nandan Park.
- Reserved car parking space.
- Limited ride ( only dry park)
- Minimum 100 people are required for booking the park.
- Pricing is equal for every person of every age group.
Future Program
Nandan Park is a park whose main view is to expand the park. Currently they have 892800 square feet land area and they are going to expand it 1080000 square feet within year. They are going to introduce some new ride in a recent time.
Picnic Spot
Nandan Park has a well decorated and well equipped picnic spot inside their park. This park can accumulate 500 people at a time. This park is looking very nice and people enjoy the spot very much.
Target Customer
According to the management their targeted customer are middle class, upper middle class and upper class. They targeted that those peoples income level starts from 6 to 8 thousands per month.
There are various people visit the park everyday and most of the people come from Dhaka city. Some people come from the surround districts of Dhaka like Narayangonj, Manikonj, Gajipur, Shavar etc. So it can be tolled that the target of Fantasy Kingdom are the people of Dhaka and surround district. The management told us that 15% of their daily visitors are the people come from different district of Bangladesh.
Advertising
The main media of Nandan Park’s advertisement is Newspaper. Nandan Park also dependant on hand bill and poster for advertisement. Nandan Park published their advertisement in daily newspaper they also poster their especial items or program in all over Dhaka city. They gives add on different publication. Nandan Park’s Management thinks the main advertisements of their organization are their visitor of the park.
Other Concern
Nandan Park is a single project of Nandan park ltd. They have some other concern some of them as follows-
- Nandan park Ltd
- Nandan foods and beverage industries Ltd.
Comparison between Fantasy Kingdom and Nandan Park
Positive Sides of Fantasy Kingdom
- World class Facilities.
- Well secure area of park.
- World class entertainment.
- Well Management.
- Nice and clean environment.
- Excellent security system.
- Create opportunity of long drive.
- Open for everybody.
- Suitable place.
- Every day open.
- Medical facilities.
- World of fantasy.
- Job rotation and job ranking facilities in management which helps to create more opportunity for the visitors.
- Nice and good looking interior design.
- Police protection.
- Well protected fire service system.
- Well decoration of park.
- Work for social welfare (like free entry for orphanage child, free entry and discount on ride for workers on world labor day).
- Arrange special shows frequently.
- Helpful and caring employees.
- Well trained security guard.
- Gift system to motivate visitors.
- Create a new and different idea of entertainment.
- Nice vision to cover maximum portion of Bangladesh.
- Good, Modernized, participating and friendly management.
Positive Sides of Nandan Park
- Suitable place.
- Every day open.
- Medical facilities.
- Nice and good looking interior design.
- Police protection.
- Well protected fire service system.
- Well decoration of park.
- World class Facilities.
- Well secure area of park.
- World class entertainment.
- Well Management.
- Nice and clean environment.
- Excellent security system.
- Creates opportunity of long drive.
- Open for everybody.
- Arrange special shows frequently.
- Helpful and caring employees.
- Well trained security guard.
- Create a new and different idea of entertainment.
- Nice vision to cover maximum portion of Bangladesh.
- Good, Modernized, participating and friendly management.
- Job rotation and job ranking facilities in management which helps to create more opportunity for the visitors.
- Water Park (a new term of entertainment in Bangladesh).
- Huge space inside the park.
- Several picnic spot. Getting new policy for the visitors.
- Well decorated and equipped picnic spot inside the park.
- Low pricing.
- Providing world class service within a short amount of money.
- Huge parking lot.
- Natural beauty.
- Not for any particular age group facility for every one.
- Expending vision of management.
Negative Sides of Fantasy Kingdom
- High pricing.
- Inadequate parking system.
- Inadequate ride.
- Inadequate space (according to their popularity).
- Lack of natural beauty.
- Distance from the main city.
- Lack of security on the way to return (at night).
- Lack of constant pricing.
- Extra highlighted for the teenagers and young ages.
- High pricing of foods
- No necessary step to cover extra gathering.
Negative Sides of Nandan Park
- Inadequate ride.
- Lack of natural beauty.
- Distance from the main city.
- Lack of security on the way to return (at night).
- High pricing of foods.
We make two same type surveys on the visitors of Fantasy Kingdom and on the visitors of Nandan Park. Here is the some chart of our survey report
General Information about the Visitors