The price hikes stop at nothing. Now the Cologne Zoo has to increase the prices for its tickets. How deep visitors now have to dig into their pockets.
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As a result of inflation, the Cologne Zoo has had to increase its admission prices again for the first time in six years. The increase will be strong in 2022.
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In future, visitors will pay 3.50 euros more for a day ticket. That’s 23 euros. The price for children increases from nine to eleven euros. Cologne Pass holders now also pay more: children EUR 4.50 and adults EUR 9.50.
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Press spokesman Christoph Schütt explains this step to the “Express” with the increased costs for electricity, water and animal feed. The loss of income during the corona pandemic would also have to be compensated.
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Cologne Zoo: “Price adjustment is essential”
“The price adjustment is essential for the zoo for economic reasons.” A lot has been done in terms of species protection and a lot has been invested in new facilities, he told the “Express.” New enclosures for bantengs and the red pandas, modernized tiger and lion enclosures and the bird aviaries at the rhino house are among them.
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In contrast to other zoos, the price has also remained stable for a very long time. The last price increase was in 2016, Schütt told the newspaper.
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Visitor can understand price increase
When asked, a visitor told t-online that she could understand the price increase. “The price is absolutely justified. There are so many rare animals here. Keeping them is very expensive.”
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The zoo also has to pass on the high costs for energy, meat and the new buildings to its visitors, according to the annual ticket holder. For them, the ticket will cost 95 instead of 78 euros in the future. Despite the price increase, the Cologne Zoo is still cheaper than other zoos in Berlin and Munich, for example, says the zoo fan.
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