Kaohsiung’s Shoushan Zoo is offering free admission to children 12 and under from today until Aug. 31, the city’s Tourism Bureau said on Thursday.
The zoo is also extending its weekend hours to 6:30pm, it said, quoting Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁).
Starting today, people can buy tickets in-person at the zoo, online through the zoo’s official Web site, or through ticketing platforms at convenience stores, the city said.
Photo courtesy of Shoushan Zoo
The zoo will be hosting a series of events throughout the summer, including an exhibition on forest conservation held jointly with the Forestry Bureau, performances and parent-child craft activities, it said.
Six craft activity sessions are to be held from today to July 16, and participation will be limited to 1,000 families, it said.
Performances will be held at the zoo’s splash pad at 3pm on Saturdays and Sundays throughout this month.
The zoo will also hold an “animal celebrity contest,” with artists drawing the likeness of 30 animals and uploading them to the zoo’s Web site for voting, it said.
Voting is to be held in two stages, the first one through an online vote starting on July 22, with 20 animals being chosen.
A second vote is to be held from Aug. 5, with visitors to the zoo participating in the vote.
The list of the top 10 most-popular animals will be announced at the end of August, it said.
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