World Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Kiev is the city where the new and the old make wonderful possibilities for cultural and aesthetical tourism. Nevertheless, before you visit this fantastic city, take your time to decide on at least two points: accommodation and transport.

Let us discuss picking an accommodation. Depending on what you can afford and personal preference, you may either choose to stay in a Kiev hotel, or rent an apartment. Mind the class of Kiev hotels to evaluate the quality of the service and accommodation and the price you are willing to pay for it.

Kyiv boasts of several luxury hotels. There are virtually dozens of less posh Kiev accommodation opportunities. A luxury hotel will cost you around $400-850 per night, four star hotels will be around $150-$500, three stars will be about $70-300, two stars will be from $50 to 120 and small and one star hotels charge around 25-100 per night.

There exist also a couple of hostels in the city for students and young people. In an ordinary hostel you will have modest but clean accommodation and several sofas or beds in one room.

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The Organisation

The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums is the “umbrella” organisation for the world zoo and aquarium community. Its members include leading zoos and aquariums, and regional and national Associations of Zoos and Aquariums, from all around the world.
Together they are ‘United for Conservation’.
Der ‘Zoologische Garten’ is the official Journal of IUDZG and WAZA.

History

WAZA was originally founded in Rotterdam in 1946 as the International Union of Directors of Zoological Gardens (IUDZG). In 2000 it was renamed as WAZA to reflect a more modern institution working together at a global level to build cooperative approaches to common needs, to tackle common issues, to share information and knowledge, and represent this community in other international bodies such as the World Conservation Union (IUCN).

Since the beginning, International Studbooks for rare and endangered species were kept under the auspices of WAZA.
Since 1950 WAZA has been an international organisation member of IUCN - The World Conservation Union.
In 1993, the “World Conservation Strategy” was published.
In 1999, a Code of Ethics was adopted.
A permanent Executive Office with a fulltime director was established in 2001.
In 2002, a Code of Animal Welfare was adopted.