CORPUS CHRISTI -

The Texas State Aquarium's Caribbean Journey is turning out to be a journey of its own.

Since the opening of the Caribbean Journey on May 13th, the Aquarium says they have seen over 50,000 guests, which is 50 perfect higher than last year.

During Memorial Day weekend the Aquarium witnessed over 13,000 people visit.

With the increasing number of attendance, it is projected that the Aquarium will have a record number of guest in 2017.

These increase in numbers bring an increase to the economic impact of Corpus Christi.

The Aquarium hopes that their mission "to engage people with animals, inspire conservation for our seas, and support wildlife conservation" will continue to follow in the guest as they visit.

During the summer the Caribbean Journey is open from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. every day through September.

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