Riverbanks Zoo Exceeds 1 Million Visitors

Riverbanks Zoo has passed one million annual visitors again. 

The zoo announced that it had 1,000,224 visitors during the fiscal year that ended June 30. The zoo has topped one million two other years, according to a report in The State.

The extra visitors resulted in a 14.6 percent increase in revenue compared to last year. 

“Riverbanks’ continued success is largely defined by our ability to provide a quality guest experience at an affordable price,” Executive Director Satch Krantz said in a statement. “Nearly 40% of our guests are tourists who live 50 miles or more outside of Columbia, and that number alone pumps millions of dollars into Midlands’ communities each year.”

This year, two flamingo chicks, , a baboon, a koala, and an owlet were born at the zoo. The zoo also welcomed a new species — a rare, tusked pig known as a babirusa.