Child's play

FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
Child's play

Their Royal Highness Princess Srirasmi and Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti honour the official opening of KidZania

Her Royal Highness Princess Srirasmi and His Royal Highness Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti recently presided over the official grand opening of KidZania Bangkok at Siam Paragon.

KidZania, the world’s fastest growing edutainment brand, boasts the biggest indoor playground in the world, where youngsters aged four to 14 can enjoy the ultimate learn and play experience through more than 80 professions that teach them essential life skills in a fun way. Just like its contemporaries in other parts of the world, Bangkok’s new edutainment facility is built as a meticulously realistic scaled-down city. 
Their Royal Highness cut the ribbon to declare KidZania Bangkok officially open the centre before Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti went off to have fun trying his skills at several establishments including a hospital, a fire station and a pilot training facility.
KidZania Bangkok covers more than I10,000 square metres and is open every day and able to accommodate more than 4,000 visitors daily. It features 65 role-playing establishment where kids can have a go at being doctors, fire fighters, news announcers, pilots, chefs, flight attendants and more. 
No matter what profession they choose to explore, children learn essential life skills such as independent decision-making, teamwork, money management, and how to follow directions when learning something new.