John Regan Associates - External funding for zoos, botanical gardens & aquaria

Zoos declared a favourite family day out

A recent survey shows that a sunny day at the zoo remains a preferred day out for people with children, coming very closely behind the seaside.   Here are the highlights of the report with the zoo reference highlighted. family-survey.doc 

Overall the report was pretty critical of the child friendliness of the UK recreation and tourism facilities with zoos and allied organisations a bright spot. Here is how the UK public ranked various kinds of days out:

1. seaside (48%)

2.  zoo/farmyard (47%)

3. visiting family (40%)

4 country parks (30%)

5 theme parks (25%)

6 museums (9%)

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