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20 pools & 18 waterslides in 7-floor Marina South wellness attraction opening in 2030
Therme Singapore is projected to welcome approximately 2 million visitors annually at full capacity, with around half expected to be international visitors.
June 19, 2026, 02:26 PM
Image courtesy of Therme Singapore.
Singapore's first dedicated wellness attraction, Therme Singapore, is set to open at Marina South in 2030 with more than 20 pools and water features, 18 waterslides, and over 70 treatment rooms.
Rendering of the exterior overview of Therme Singapore. Image courtesy of Therme Singapore.
First announced in November 2025, Therme Singapore will span more than 720,000 sq ft. of gross floor area—roughly nine football fields—across seven floors and a basement.
It is projected to draw around 2 million visitors a year at full capacity, with about half expected to come from overseas.
Therme Group marked the project's groundbreaking on Jun. 19 at the IMBA Theatre at Gardens by the Bay, with Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu as guest-of-honour.
18 waterslides and "drinking-quality" pools
The visitor experience is organised into three zones: Play, Relax, and Restore.
Rendering of the interior of the upcoming Therme Singapore. Image courtesy of Therme Singapore.
The family-focused Play zone gathers the water attractions—indoor and outdoor pools, a wave pool, a dedicated children's pool, and 18 waterslides running to a combined length of about 1.8km.
Relax leans into rest, with mineral pools, hydrotherapy and terrace pools set among tropical planting.
Mineral pools such as these ones at Therme Bucharest will be found in the Relax zone at Therme Singapore. Image courtesy of Therme Singapore.
Restore is the wellness-and-treatment end of the development, built around saunas, steam rooms, cold plunge pools, and massage rooms.
A sauna ritual with a sauna master at Therme Bucharest. Therme Singapore expects to create 400 jobs, including that of sauna master to lead sauna rituals. Image courtesy of Therme Singapore.
All told, there will be more than 20 pools and water attractions, over 70 treatment, sauna and wellness rooms, and around 86,000 sq ft. given over to food and beverage.
The indoor environment is designed to hold a steady tropical climate year-round, with indoor air targeted at around 30°C and pools at around 32°C.
Therme also says its pools will run on a continuously monitored, multi-stage treatment system that keeps water quality at a standard comparable to drinking water—a step up, it argues, from conventional public bathing facilities.
The design reflects what Therme Group's founder and chief executive Robert Hanea calls a new form of "social infrastructure", making wellbeing something that is “accessible, joyful, and integrated into everyday city life”.
400 jobs, including "sauna masters"
Therme Singapore is also expecting to create around 400 jobs, spanning construction, engineering, facilities management, operations, and hospitality.
Some of these are specialised roles such as sauna masters, also known as "Aufgussmeisters", who lead sauna rituals.
A sauna ritual at Therme Bucharest. Image courtesy of Therme Singapore.
To build that pipeline, Therme Singapore has signed memorandums of understanding on Jun. 19 with the Institute of Technical Education and Republic Polytechnic, covering skills development, internships, and employment pathways for graduates.
Mah Bow Tan, Chairman of Therme Group Asia and Therme Singapore, said the project's value would not be measured by the visitor experience alone.
"Beyond the visitor experience, Therme Singapore is also about people, creating jobs, developing new capabilities, and supporting Singapore's tourism, hospitality and wellness sectors.”
200,000 plants and a coastal park
Sustainability features heavily in the design. Therme Singapore is aiming to be developed as a BCA Green Mark Platinum Super Low Energy building, with rooftop solar panels, smart irrigation, and water-recycling and ultrafiltration systems threaded through the development.
Water aerobics session at Therme Bucharest. Image courtesy of Therme Singapore.
Nature is woven throughout as well. The main development is set to hold more than 200,000 plants across 200 species, including orchids and native Southeast Asian varieties, along with more than 250 trees and palms.
Beyond the building, a coastal park of almost 4 hectares will connect Therme Singapore to Marina Barrage, opening up public access to the waterfront.
The park alone is planned to feature over 350,000 plants and more than 650 trees and palms.
Mah said the development must be distinctively Singaporean, and not "another successful concept imported from overseas".
“It must be of Singapore. It must respond to our climate, our culture, our food, our traditions, our way of life.”
A social gathering in the pool at Therme Bucharest. Image courtesy of Therme Singapore.
Wellness tourism a "key growth area" for Singapore: Grace Fu
In her address, Fu positioned the development within Singapore's tourism strategy, noting that wellness tourism is a key growth area under the country's Tourism 2040 vision, with the S$1 billion facility set to become Singapore's first dedicated wellness attraction and Asia's first large-scale thermal wellness destination.
Adding that Therme Group has established its regional headquarters in Singapore from which it will run its pipeline of projects across Asia, the minister said that this reflects a "strong confidence in our economy and ecosystem".
