100,000 People Expected to Visit Ragunan Zoo on Christmas
25 December 2017 14:30 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A hundred thousand people are expected to visit Ragunan Zoo in South Jakarta on Christmas Day, December 25.
Ragunan Zoo spokesman Wahyudi said that Christmas always sees 100,000 people visiting the tourist attraction.
Wahyudi said that the number of the Zoo's visitors continued to rise since two days ago.
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There were 26,857 visitors on Saturday and the number almost tripled to 87,076 on Sunday. The number of visitors only reach 1,000 to 5,000 people on weekdays and 40,000 on weekends.
“During a long weekend the number could reach 50,000 visitors,” he said.
Wahyudi said that more people visit the zoo on Christmas and New Year holidays as school children are having a long break.
The number of visitors is expected to increase on 2018 New Year holidays as the zoo saw 200,000 visitors on 2017 New Year holiday.
Ragunan Zoo is open daily from 7 am to 4 pm except for Monday for animal treatment purposes. But it is open today coincided with Christmas celebration.
The ticket prices are Rp4,000 for adults and Rp3,000 for children.
IMAM HAMDI