2018 Asian Games Athletes Prefer to Shop at Grand Indonesia
23 August 2018 11:28 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Jakarta tourism and culture agency official Anita Novianti said that many foreign athletes participating in the 2018 Asian Games prefer to go on a shopping tour rather than historical tours.
“Most of the athletes want to shop for souvenirs [to take back home],” said Anita who’s in charge of the athlete’s tour during their stay in Jakarta.
Anita revealed there is one preferred location that the athletes choose to visit, which is Grand Indonesia in Central Jakarta. She said that athletes would pick the mall despite being offered to be taken to other locations such as Smesco and Senayan City.
One of the athletes who spent time in Grand Indonesia was Tajikistan archer Umedzhon Khudoyarov. He traveled to the shopping mall with friends on a double-decker bus prepared specially to serve Asian Games guests.
“This is my first visit to Indonesia, I’m curious of the city’s central district,” he said on his journey there. Umedzhon expressed his amazement for Jakarta considering that the city houses the same population as entire Tajikistan.
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