There are, of course, great examples of visionary leaders taking the time to learn: Walt Disney visited Tivoli Park in Copenhagen to learn first-hand about family amusement parks before creating Disneyland.

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There has been a Legoland in Billund, Denmark since the 1960s, but for the first time Lego seems to be taking the amusement park business seriously.

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"The amusement city will be built on 50 acres (20ha) in the first phase but later will be extended to 500 acres, " Syed Aqil Shah, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's minister for tourism and sports told the AFP news agency.

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