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Jakarta Fair returns after two-year COVID-induced hiatus
The event, which is among the largest and longest-running annual exhibitions in Southeast Asia, is slated to run for 39 days, from June 9 to July 17.
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fter being canceled in the previous two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jakarta Fair has returned to Jakarta International Expo (JIExpo) Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, as part of the capital's 495th anniversary.
The event, which is among the largest and longest-running annual exhibitions in Southeast Asia, is slated to run for 39 days, from June 9 to July 17.
Some 1,500 booths from about 2,500 companies are participating in the Jakarta Fair this year, offering huge discounts for various goods, such as automotive products, household appliances, electronic devices, furniture, handicrafts and cosmetics.
Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria told The Jakarta Post he hoped the event could help small and medium enterprises (SME) promote and introduce their products to the public.
"In the future, I hope the Jakarta fair will attract not only domestic visitors but also international tourists. I also hope that business owners from the neighboring countries will be able to participate in the exhibition so that we can exchange products, information and culture," Riza said on Thursday.
Aside from product exhibitions, the 53rd Jakarta Fair also offers a plethora of activities, including food festivals, music performances and carnival rides. Visitors can also donate their blood and get free COVID-19 booster shots at the exhibition.
The Jakarta Fair is open daily from 3.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends.
Admission tickets range from Rp 30,000 (US$ 2) to Rp 100,000, with children under 100 centimeters tall and people older than 60 years allowed to enter the venue for free.
Visitors must be fully vaccinated to enjoy the exhibition and they must follow strict COVID-19 health protocols, including wearing masks, washing their hands at the venue's entrances and using the government's contact tracing app PeduliLindungi.
Jakarta has been seeing an uptick in COVID-19 transmissions in the past few weeks, largely due to the spread of new BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants. Daily cases have increased almost fourfold in four weeks and the positivity rate has exceeded 5 percent.
The Jakarta administration has provided some 76 local SMEs under the Jakpreneur – Governor Anies Baswedan's flagship program aimed to support small businesses in the city – with free booths at the Jakarta Fair for 10 days.
During the opening of the fair last week, Anies expressed hope that it could help bolster the capital city's economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic.
"I hope that the return of Jakarta Fair Kemayoran can mark the acceleration of the capital city's economic recovery," he said.
Anies also hoped that this year's Jakarta Fair could surpass the success of the exhibitions prior to the pandemic.
In 2019, some 6.8 million people attended the Jakarta Fair and engaged in transactions worth Rp 7.5 trillion. The exhibition's organizers said they sought to surpass this achievement.
In the first four days of this year's Jakarta fair, more than 300,000 people attended the exhibition, the highest figure recorded in its history.
The Jakarta Fair was first held in 1968 at the National Monument (Monas) area in Central Jakarta to commemorate the capital city's 441st anniversary.
