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Yogyakarta set to welcome 2.6 million tourists for Idul Fitri
Around 2.6 million tourists are expected to visit Yogyakarta for this year’s Idul Fitri holidays.
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The beauty of nature -- Tourists spend their leisure time at Drini Beach in Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, where they can relax and enjoy beautiful scenery. (thejakartapost.com/Slamet Susanto)
Around 2.6 million tourists are expected to visit Yogyakarta for this year’s Idul Fitri holidays on July 6 and July 7.
To welcome the tourists, the Yogyakarta Tourism Agency said it had prepared everything they might need to enjoy their holidays, from information posts to traditional guides and art performances.
Statistics released by the Yogyakarta Tourism Agency predict a 10 percent rise in the number of dedicated tourists and homebound travelers stopping off at recreation destinations in the province during this year’s Idul Fitri holidays. The agency had recorded 2.4 million visitors for Idul Fitri last year.
“This year, we are targeting 2.6 million tourists, up 10 percent from last year’s figure,” Aris Riyanta from the Yogyakarta Tourism Agency said on Monday.
To help tourists obtain accurate information during the Idul Fitri holiday, Aris said, the agency was set to erect four information and culture posts. They would be located at Adisucipto International Airport, Tugu Station, the Tourist Information Center in Malioboro and at the tourism agency’s office on Jl. Malioboro.
He said staff members from the Yogyakarta Tourism Agency and Yogyakarta tourism park operator PT Taman Wisata as well as volunteers, including Indonesian Boy Scouts, would provide information to tourists at the information and culture posts, which would operate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Idul Fitri holidays.
The management of the traditional market at Beringharjo, which welcomes millions of tourists for Idul Fitri every year, has prepared guides for visitors for the upcoming holidays.
“We have readied 10 pairs of young people. We have trained them on the details of the Beringharjo market to help visitors,” Yogyakarta market development head Rudi Firdaus said. The young guides spoke three languages, namely Indonesian, English and Javanese, he went on.
On normal days, Beringharjo market is visited by around 60,000 people, but one week before and after Idul Fitri, the number of visitors grows by about 50 to 75 percent. (ebf)
