TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - To restore the ecosystem and to anticipate extreme weather, climbing activities at Mount Rinjani in West Nusa Tenggara province will be closed for the next three months starting 1 January 2016.
After it is re-opened in March, the Mount Rinjani National Part Office (TNGR) announced it would apply a new regulation for the climbers, including online registration and the payment for the climbing through Bank Nastional Indonesia and Bank Mandiri.
Agus Budi Santosa, Head of TNGR, added the number of climbers will also be limited to just around 100-200 people per day.
In 2016, the number of climbers who officially registered to do climbing at the mountain reached 91,412 people, with 61,117 from Indonesia and 30,295 from abroad.
SUPRIYANTHO KHAFID