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This includes 75 zoos, aquariums and other wildlife facilities in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. This includes institutions that are:
- government-owned
- not-for-profit trusts
- privately-owned, for profit zoos and aquariums
- Member institutions hold more than 3,000 species
- Member institutions employ 3,035 paid staff
- Member institutions attract 2,189 volunteers
This includes:
- 2,637 paid staff in Australian institutions
- 379 paid staff in New Zealand institutions
- 1,676 volunteers in Australian institutions
- 513 volunteers in New Zealand institutions
- Member institutions attract 14.7 million visitors per year, including…
- Over 2 million overseas visitors
- Over 1 million school visits per year
- Member institutions attract a combined public support base of over 344,000 members
This includes:
- 12.5 million visitors to Australian institutions
- 2.2 million visitors to New Zealand institutions
- over 922,000 million school visits per year to Australian institutions
- over 160,000 school visits per year to New Zealand institutions
- Member institutions attract a combined public support base of over 316,000 members in Australia
- Member institutions attract a combined public support base of over 28,000 members in New Zealand
- The number of visitors to member institutions is increasing by 1.7% each year
- Each year member institutions contribute over $5.7 million to programs conserving biodiversity in the wild
- Member institutions are responsible for over AU$172 million in recurrent annual expenditure
- Expenditure is growing at 18.1% per year
- Each year, member institutions invest over AU$53 million in capital expenditure
- Including flow-on economic activity, member institutions contribute approximately AU$510 million to the economy
 About the Zoo and Aquarium Association
The role of zoos and aquariums
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