The Ark Encounter has brought millions of tourists to the area since it opened in 2016. Julie Kirkpatrick, president and CEO for meetNKY, said hotel demand in Northern Kentucky went up 20% within ...

The Ark Encounter has brought millions of tourists to the area since it opened in 2016. Julie Kirkpatrick, president and CEO for meetNKY, said hotel demand in Northern Kentucky went up 20% within ...

Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky, is expanding with new attractions including an accessible playground. Image courtesy Ark Encounter on Facebook.

Ark visitors will also be able to ride a zipline and visit a petting zoo. Adult tickets are $40, and several combo tickets are available for admission to the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum.

When finished, the outside will look like Noah’s ark—that is, what one supposes the massive wooden Old Testament vessel might have looked like if it did indeed exist. The main framework for the ...

Wisely, the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, which oversees the dispersal of tax incentives, halted its funding after it saw Ark Encounter’s employment application.

The Ark Encounter has brought millions of tourists to the area since it opened in 2016. Julie Kirkpatrick, president and CEO for meetNKY, said hotel demand in Northern Kentucky went up 20% within ...

The Creation Museum opened in 2007 and its counterpart, The Ark Encounter, opened in 2016. About 600 full-time workers are employed at Answers in Genesis and the two attractions.

The re-creation of Noah's Ark is one of the biggest tourism draws in Northern Kentucky, bringing in about 1.5 million people per year, the organization says.

It's been 15 years since Answers in Genesis opened the Creation Museum and 6 years since it opened its Noah's Ark-themed park, both in Northern Kentucky.

The Ark Encounter is bigger than Disneyland. At 800 acres, it dwarfs the 500-acre park in California, though not all of it is developed yet. The re-creation of Noah's Ark is one of the biggest tourism ...