Theme park operator Huis Ten Bosch Co. said it recorded a profit in fiscal 2011, its first black ink since opening in 1992, thanks to hit attractions under a rehabilitation process led by travel agency H.I.S. Co.
The operator of the theme park in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, said Thursday it logged a net profit of ¥1.91 billion in the year to September on sales of ¥13.20 billion, a rose of 28.7 percent.
It incurred a net loss of ¥6.86 billion a year earlier.
Hideo Sawada, president of Huis Ten Bosch and chairman of H.I.S., said in a news conference that the result was due to its focus on attracting "domestic visitors from western Japan rather than trying to secure visitors from overseas" after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the northeast.
Huis Ten Bosch, which boasts a replica 17th century Dutch townscape, also said it will aim to more than double the annual number of visitors from overseas.