KMDA vzw Email Format
Travel ArrangementsFlanders, Belgium201-500 Employees
KMDA vzw is a mid-sized Belgian organization that operates as the management body for a cluster of zoological and cultural institutions around Antwerp. Founded in 1843 as the Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, it oversees four institutions—the Antwerp Zoo, Planckendael, Serpentarium, and the Elisabeth Center Antwerp—and also administers the De Zegge nature reserve in Geel. Collectively, these venues attract nearly two million visitors each year, making it the largest tourist attraction in Belgium and positioning the organization prominently in global scientific research and conservation activities. Based in Antwerp, Flanders, KMDA operates in the travel arrangements sector and employs a few hundred staff. It serves a broad audience of visitors, researchers, and conservation partners by managing its zoos, the nature reserve, and the Elisabeth Center Antwerp, a venue for concerts and conventions, continuing a long history dating to its founding in 1843.