A change of category affects Chineseoperator Songcheng Worldwide in relationto the 2016 Theme Index. Songcheng is asuccessful attraction operator with a growingnumber of properties and attendance.However as this operator’s focus is on largeperformance shows with small supportingareas, we are no longer consideringSongcheng in the same category as fullday,large-scale theme parks. ThereforeSongcheng Worldwide is not included inthe 2016 report. This change contributes tothe -2.8% decline in the top 20 Asia-Pacifictheme park attendance growth. When wecompare the growth of same parks open forboth years, it is a healthy growth of 1.6%.