Atlantis Resort Sanya
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I heard 47,000 tons of water for the aquarium which equates to 12.4 million gallons or 48,872,000 liters. So if this is correct it sounds like it will be the biggest. However, I don't know if they mean all of the exhibits will equal this number or if this is one single tank. Either way it is a lot!

Atlantis Resort Sanya will be opening in October 2017 and will feature:

five underwater suites, the world's largest natural seawater aquarium, natural seawater dolphin bay and 12 international restaurants with different themes

When it says "world's largest natural seawater aquarium" does that mean larger that Chimelong Ocean Kingdom's whale shark tank?

Regarding the

807 units of sea view apartments and 197 units of ocean villas

from here: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2016-05/23/content_25425510.htm

These are newer renderings of what those will look like:




As you can also see in the satellite view, the ocean villas are already being constructed.

Source for renderings: https://www.facebook.com/PolarisSports/photos/pcb.1143697589014017/1143696549014121/

More recent satellite imagery shows height increase of the main tower:

A few new details about the project:

Chinese conglomerate Fosun Group will invest some 11 billion yuan ($1.68 billion) in a large, high-end tourism property project in Sanya, South China's Hainan province, sina.com.cn reported on Sunday.
The 530,000-square-meter Sanya Altantis, expected to open in 2017, will offer services ranging from hotel, dining, shopping to entertainment, exhibition and marine culture experience.

"There will be 60,000 marine life in the aquarium, 16 themed restaurants, and five deep sea suits, the only ones in Greater China, " said QianJiannong, vice-president of the Fosun Group and president of Fosun Tourism and Business Group.

"The salable real estate includes 807 units of sea view apartments and 197 units of ocean villas," he added.

The Sanya Altantis, located in Haitang Bay, involves much higher investment than the world's two other Altantis hotels respectively in Bahamas and Dubai, according to Qian.

The EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) of Altantis in Dubai basically exceeded those of nearly 100 chain hotel brands in Europe, he noted.

The Sanya project is expected to have an annual business turnover of around $600 million, while business turnover for top-notch hotels in China stands around 600 million yuan, said Cao Minglong, head of the project's operator.

Source: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2016-05/23/content_25425510.htm

New renderings of the waterpark - looks like excellent theming!









Source: http://www.radmiami.com/projects/79-atlantis-sanya--waterpark

Photo from January 19, 2016.



Source:
http://news.hainan.net/gundong/2016/01/19/2711845.shtml

So the angle and glare on this new Google Earth image is not great but you can see the top left of the site is really starting to take shape and you can see the tower rising from the foundations as seen in the site photos.




You can see the pools as seen in the concept art....



Source: Google Earth - Images 12/11/2015

Any specifics on the amount and style of slide towers to be installed at this one? The same two as at Atlantis Bahamas and Dubai? Same look?

Latest construction update: 1 December 2015:



Construction to wrap up in one year from now. Aquarium and water park making progress, as well, according to this article (in Chinese):
http://sanya.hinews.cn/system/2015/12/01/017969015.shtml