Our numbers

    Explora opened on May 12th 2001.

    Area:
    6,711 sqm is the total area, the pavilion is 2,000 sqm, hall, ticket and box office, restaurant and offices 700 sqm, garden and parking 4,000 sqm.

    Visitors:

    • 1.000.000 visitors as for November 20th 2001 (from May 2001)
    • Visitors 2010: 130,000 (+6% compared to the previous year)
    • Visitor groups (average of 100,000 visitors per year): 30% schools, 70% families
    • Average visitors: 400 per day, 2,400 per week, approx. 10,000 per month.
    • Average visitors (Summer and winter camps): 600 children per year.
    • Average pupils/students per school year: 30,000 (playgroups, pre-schools, primary and 1st year of secondary school)

    Types of visitors:

    • Adults 40%
    • Children 60%
    • Average age: children 8 years, adults 40 years
    • Target age: children 0 – 12 years, adults 30 – 60 years
    • Average age of children (per year - 60%): babies and toddlers 0/3 years 15%, children 3/12 years 45%  

    Estimated visitors:

    • Average increase per year 8%
    • Target market 750,000 (including children aged 3 to 12 from Rome, Province, Lazio region and nearby areas)
    • Target market 3,000,000 (including families from Rome, Province, Lazio region and families from abroad in Italy for vacation).

    Quality indicators (2010):

    • Average satisfaction: 78,8%
    • Visit satisfaction (families): 72,2%
    • Visitor perception of Explora as a recreation place: 81,5%
    • Visitor perception of Explora as an education place: 81%
    • Visitor perception of Explora as an innovative place: 78,8%
    • Visitor perception of Explora as a scientific place: 61,5%


    Updated May 2011