Despite the corona crisis, Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich does not want to increase ticket prices.
The zoo has now officially announced this.
The corona pandemic hit the Hellabrunn zoo in Munich.
The zoo is financially under pressure.
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Update from November 11th, 2:25 p.m.:
Breathe a sigh of relief at Hellabrunn Zoo - Visitors: As the zoo reports, no increases in ticket prices are planned at the moment.
Hellabrunn Zoo: Despite the Corona crisis - no price increase planned
The chairman of the supervisory board and mayoress Verena Dietl also said: “The entrance fees for the zoo remain stable.
In the current time of crisis, we must
not burden
the people of Munich
additionally
.
It is important to me that families and people with low incomes can also afford a visit to the zoo - more than ever in these special times. "
First report from November 9, 2020
Munich - Pay more for a visit to the zoo: According to information from our editorial team, the
Hellabrunn
zoo wants to
increase admission prices.
Politicians should not be enthusiastic, especially the chairwoman of the supervisory board, Mayor Verena Dietl (SPD).
As was further learned, she had
asked
zoo manager Rasem Baban
not to put the subject on the agenda.
Now it still says that the supervisory board should decide on Wednesday.
Corona crisis in Munich: Hellabrunn Zoo is threatened with bankruptcy
Hellabrunn Zoo has suffered financially from the pandemic.
It had to close for almost two months between March and May due to Corona *.
A manageable quota of visitors was then allowed.
Zoo boss Rasem Baban had sounded the alarm in June: "If we are not allowed to let in more visitors, I will have to
file
for bankruptcy
at the end of September
." According to the conditions in force at the time, Baban was only allowed to allow 4,400 visitors a day, one in ten Square meters of zoo space.
"That remains a creeping death and very disappointing," he said at the time.
Visitors who do not pay admission, such as small children or annual ticket holders, would also be counted.
Baban's appeal to change the visitor key to one visitor per five square meters was only answered in August - too late to save the annual balance sheet.
The city reacted, granted the zoo financial aid in the higher single-digit million range and also gave its blessing
to realize
the
planned new lion enclosure
with funds from the construction reserve
*.
Without this enclosure, Hellabrunn would have to stop keeping lions in the medium term.
Hellabrunn Zoo battered by Corona: That is what the tickets for the zoo should cost
The fact that the zoo is now looking for more income again comes as no surprise, as the partial lockdown means that the zoo doors are also closed again for November.
According to information from our newspaper, Baban wants to raise prices from February 1st, so adults would pay 17 instead of 15 euros for the day ticket.
The entrance fee for children rose from six to seven euros.
The annual ticket for adults would cost 59 instead of 49 euros.
The same applies to the annual ticket for small families.
The price for the card for large families should be 118 instead of 98 euros - initially.
Because the family day tickets should be completely abolished.
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Disagreement: Zoo boss Rasem Baban wants to raise the entrance fees, supervisory board boss Verena Dietl is against it.
© Bodmer Oliver
Munich: Reactions to the planned price increase in Hellabrunn Zoo
Verena Dietl did not want to comment on the plans on Monday, a press request at the zoo went unanswered.
A town hall insider said: "We want to keep the affordable options for families in any case." In addition, a price increase in the midst of the lockdown-related closure is out of place.
Furthermore, the city will not leave the zoo out in the rain financially.
“It was and never will be an issue that we let the zoo hang.
Even if the city is currently more difficult financially. "
Price hammer at the zoo and public transport
Not only does the zoo want to raise prices, local public transport is also becoming more expensive.
The Münchner Verkehrsverbund (MVV) had already announced that it would increase the prices for tickets for the underground, S-Bahn, bus and tram by an average of 2.8 percent.
The adjustment will take effect when the timetable changes in December.
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