The effect of pandas on tourism.

Officials are telling 300 attendees of a conference from tourism based business that the number of tourists visiting Adelaide Zoo could swell to between 3/4 - 1 million tourists a year when the pandas arrive next year, with the larger figure happening if a cub is born.

The conference set up by the Adelaide zoo to discuss opportunities for businesses catering for tourists. A large number of those people visiting the pandas will be national and international travellers.

Zoos SA director of communications and partnerships Belinda Redman stated "If it's just one more reason to stay one more night, then it makes a significant impact on all small businesses."

References
Adelaide Now


Don't forget to order your 2009 calendar

Trip pic of the day (Nov 18)

After Ge ge's mad half hour, he just seemed to run out of steam. He sat at the base of a tree for ages and I got some really beautiful photos of him, the next week (My last week) he become a real poser and would sit and pose for the visitors.

I really miss the pandas antics and need to find a way to go back to see them all again.

References
Trip Photos


Don't forget to order your 2009 calendar

Quiet times.

It seems to be a very quiet time at the moment on the panda news front. Does anyone have a story they would like to share with us all?

Send to info@pandagrove.co.uk

The panda family tree is coming on slowly, I have a system to enter panda information the big problem I have is on how to display the information.

I have many ideas, all seem too complicated. I think I will do a simple way, then put it up and let you the readers tell me how it should be changed to be better.

I have found out who controls the "Stud" book here in the UK, and have emailed asking if it would be possible to obtain some of the information. I am waiting for a answer. Failing that does anyone have any family lists of pandas?

I am always interested in comments about the site. Please feel free to let me know what's right and wrong with the site.

I have had a suggestion for mouse mats and other items with the pictures I took at BFX (Bifenxia) What do you think? Though I need to sell some more of the calendars before I think about ordering anything else.

Your host
Andi


Don't forget to order your 2009 calendar

Trip pic of the day (Nov 17)

Once again this is You You (Yoyo), when I fed her in her enclosure the panda biscuit rolled a little too far and she had to go retrieve it from round the corner then she plonked her self down against the wall and munched it.

References
Trip Photos


Don't forget to order your 2009 calendar

Trip pic of the day (Nov 16)

Continuing on from yesterday, this is Ge Ge again during his mad half hour. He seemed very restless not sure what was wrong with him, but he kept us occupied for the time being.

References
Trip Photos


Don't forget to order your 2009 calendar

Trip pic of the day (Nov 15)

Once again this is Ge Ge. This was the start of his mad half hour. Here he's trying to wrap the tyre swing around the tree then use the rope to climb up the tree. Unfortunately for him his plan didn't work. So he went off running about his enclosure and climbing other tree.

Some of the trees in the pandas have bamboo wrapped round them so the pandas can't climb them as the trees are either too close to the walls of aren't strong enough to hold them.

References
Trip Photos

Don't forget to order your 2009 calendar

Trip Pic of the day (14 Nov)

Each panda has a bedroom inside a building and an enclosure outside, every morning we had to clean both areas for each panda. Whilst we were cleaning one area we had to lock the panda in the other. This photo is of Ge ge waiting to go back in side. He knows that usually that after the bedroom is cleaned fresh bamboo is placed in it. So he gets a little inpatient to be let in.

References
Trip Photos

Don't forget to order your 2009 calendar