The tourist attraction in Hong Kong and the world’s largest ‘jumbo floating restaurant’ has sunk in the South China Sea. This information has been given by the parent company of the restaurant, Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises Ltd. According to the company, on Sunday the restaurant was turned upside down due to bad weather near the Paracel Islands, which flooded and completely submerged.
The company said in its statement that ‘the depth of the water at the scene was more than 1000 meters or 3,280 feet. In such a situation, a lot of difficulties had to be faced in the rescue work and despite the efforts, the restaurant could not be saved from drowning.
The company says that the incident is ‘very sad’ and no one was injured in the accident. According to the company’s statement, a marine engineer has been hired to inspect the floating restaurant, who will investigate the accident – for which all approvals have been taken.
Jumbo business in loss since 2013!
In the year 2020, during the Corona epidemic, the restaurant was closed and employees were laid off due to the halt of work. Restaurant operator Melco International Development reported last month that the business has been incurring losses since 2013 and the company’s losses reached US$12.7 million.
Meanwhile, millions of dollars are spent each year on the maintenance of the 80-metre-long and three-story floating restaurant, and dozens of companies and institutions refuse to take over the operation of the floating restaurant. The operator company said that after the license expires in June, Jumbo will leave Hong Kong and operate from an unpublished place.
Jumbo floating restaurant was built in 1976!
It is worth mentioning that the famous floating restaurant was started in the year 1976 by the self. It was done by casino tycoon Stanley Ho. According to the information, then it cost 30 million Hong Kong dollars or 3.8 million US dollars to build it.
Popular visitors, 3 million customers!
The floating restaurant has been visited by more than three million people over the years, including Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, the 39th US President Jimmy Carter and Hollywood actor Tom Cruise.
Jumbo has also shot several local and international films, including ‘Inter the Dragons’, ‘Spider-Man: The Dragon Challenge’ and the comedies ‘God of Cookery’ and The Man with the Golden Gun.
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