COUNT DRACULA THEME PARK

In the summer of 2002, Romanian Tourism Minister Dan Agathon announced plans to build a Dracula theme park on a hilltop near the medieval town of Sighisoara, the birthplace of the fifteenth-century Romanian count Vlad Tepes (1431?–1476?), said to have been the inspiration for Bram Stoker's (1847–1912) famous vampire novel, Dracula (1897).

Critics immediately opposed the idea of such an enterprise, stating that the park would undermine more dignified projects to restore the medieval spirit of Sighisoara.

Tourism Minister Agathon denied any rumors suggesting that the concept of a Dracula theme park was being abandoned due to the efforts of opposing critics, and he requested that all groups support the effort to attract more tourists to the medieval town.

SOURCES:

"Ghostbuster Believes Dracula's Ghost Is Haunting Theme Park Site," Ananova, June 26, 2002. [Online] http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_616089.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscovery.p...

Marinas, Radu. "Dracula Park Plan 'Undead.'" Reuters.com, July 1, 2002. [Online] http://reuters.com/jhtml?type=entertainmentnews&StoryID=1151684.

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