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Ragunan Zoo, Ancol gear up for annual visitor influx
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Crowds flock to Ancol Beach during the holiday season. (Antara/Reno Esnir)
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opular local tourism sites across Jakarta have been gearing up to facilitate the annual increase of visitors expected during Lebaran, the Idul Fitri holiday.
Ragunan Zoo in South Jakarta and the Taman Impian Jaya Ancol amusement park complex in North Jakarta have taken measures to ensure that guests are accommodated during the holiday.
“Ragunan Zoo will be open and will operate to a normal schedule during Lebaran; we have mobilized staff in anticipation of a visitor boom,” said Ragunan spokesman Wahyudi Bambang on Sunday.
Ragunan, Wahyudi continued, plan to offer horse and camel rides as an additional attraction for children, predicting that the 140-hectare zoo would see more than 1 million people visit during the week-long Idul Fitri holiday. Last year, as many as 980,000 people visited the zoo during the same period.
Ancol, established in 1966, also anticipates a visitor increase during the holiday period, suggesting figures of up to 870,000 this year from 750,000 last year.
The park, which includes sites such as Dunia Fantasi (Dufan) and Seaworld Ancol, have worked hard to promote the area in order to achieve the visitor target.
“We have promoted a newly-installed attraction at Dufan, Panic House. Seaworld will feature an additional attraction called ‘Fun With Turtle’ from July 6 to 10,” Ancol spokesperson Rika Lestari said.
Ancol will not provide any price discount during the holiday, Rika added.
Ragunan Zoo also plan to charge the normal entrance price. “The entry price will still be Rp 4,000, I think that is cheap enough,” said Wahyudi. (adt/iwa)
