Dr. Stacy Tomas and her students surveyed visitors to the NC Zoological Park
From the Courier-Tribune.com 11/6/201
by Kathi Keys
New animals and more animal interaction are the top reasons N.C. Zoo visitors would return more often. That’s the consensus of more than 60 percent of the 848 zoo visitors who were surveyed at random during October 2010.
The research study was conducted by NC State University assistant professor and tourism extension specialist, Dr. Stacy R. Tomas, with the assistance of students in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management .