The theme park industry shares several common characteristics,
such as relatively variable demand, perishable inventory and
cost structures with industries traditionally employing RM. And
thus, theme parks, generally, display the essential conditions for
applying RMeffectively. However the theme park industry also has
unique characteristics distinguishing it from traditional RM
employing industries. For example, theme parks have relatively
flexible capacity and advance-purchase reservations are not usual.
Therefore, successful application of the RM for the theme park
industry requires modifications which consider both theme parks’
similar characteristics with traditional RM industries and its
uniqueness. Table 2 presents a comparison of characteristics
between industries traditionally employing RM and the theme
park industry. Subsequent sections discuss these characteristics in
details.