The reason behind the rise in admission fees is the rising cost of energy and other sources. The last increase in admission fees took place in January 2008. Since then, the fees had stayed the same, regardless of inflation.
Happy Mondays are still on
The rise in admission fees affects both one-day and annual tickets. The new price of a one-day adult ticket is 200 CZK and an annual adult ticket costs 700 CZK. Prague Zoo will continue providing concessions for children, students, families with children, senior citizens and handicapped people. Children under three years of age will still enter for free. The Zoo also continues the concept of Happy Mondays, meaning that every Monday a certain group of visitors (e.g. adoptive parents of animals from the zoo, pregnant mothers, etc.) only pay the symbolic admission of 1 CZK.
Reduced rate for third and other children
In order to be more friendly towards families with more than two children, we are introducing a new type of ticket – when buying a family ticket valid for two adults and two children, the rate for the other children will be reduced to only 100 CZK per child. We are also cancelling entrance fees to the Obora View Tower.
Where the money goes
Funds raised by the increased admission fees will go directly to the operation of the zoo. The changes in the system of admission fees will also enable the zoo to increase the amount of money that goes from each ticket to support wildlife protection projects – instead of 1 CZK, it will be 2 CZK.
Limited annual passes
Prague zoo decided to change the system of admission fees for two reasons. Firstly, to cover the increasing cost of energy and secondly, to prevent abuse of non-transferable annual passes. Due to more and more frequent cases, when friends and even whole organizations were passing one annual ticket onto each other, the zoo decided to limit the number of entries on annual tickets to 12. Prague Zoo believes that such a limitation will not affect ordinary visitors, as the statistics from the last two years show that the average number of visits on one annual pass was much lower than 12.
Admissions to Prague Zoo, valid from 1st May 2012
| Category | One-day ticket | Annual ticket |
| Adults | 200 CZK | 700 CZK (12 entries) |
| Children 3–15 years, senior citizens, students, handicapped people | 150 CZK | 450 CZK (12 entries) |
| Family (2 adults + 2 children) | 600 CZK Every other child 100 CZK |
1800 CZK (4x 12 entries) |
| Company | – | 5000 CZK (4x 12 entries) |
| Prague Zoo Fan Club | – | 5000 CZK (unlimited number of entries) |
| Dogs | 100 CZK | – |
Average number of visits on the Prague Zoo annual pass between the years 2010 and 2011
| Year | Adult | Child | Family | Student | Senior citizen |
| 2010 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 8.0 |
| 2011 | 7.9 | 5.8 | 6 | 5.4 | 11.3 |
Comparison with admission fees for adults and children in other zoological gardens around the world
| Zoo | Adults – one-day ticket | Adult – annual ticket | Children – one-day ticket | Children – annual ticket |
| Berlin | €13 (326 CZK) |
€60 (1503 CZK) |
€6.50 (163 CZK) |
€30 (751 CZK) |
| Leipzich | €17 (426 CZK) |
€65 (1628 CZK) |
€10 ( 250 CZK) |
€40 (1002 CZK) |
| Munich | €11.00 (275 CZK) |
€49 (1227 CZK) |
€4.50 (112 CZK) |
€25 (626 CZK) |
| Amsterdam | €18.95 (475 CZK) |
– | €15.50 (388 CZK) |
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| Orlando (USA) | $1.,95 (247 CZK) |
– | $8.95 (171 CZK) |
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