Bogor Park full of people and litter

Kosasih, a cleaning worker at the Bogor Botanical Park, is sweeping piles of ticket stubs thrown by visitors along Jl. Kenari I.

The park is a very popular place for family outings during the Idul Fitri holiday.

According to the park's management, every day thousands of visitors from Bogor, Jakarta and surrounding areas come to the park for picnics.

On the second day of Idul Fitri alone, the official number of visitors reached 17,484 people.

It's good business for the park, but for Kosasih holiday season means that he has to spend extra time and energy cleaning up the area.

"I could collect around 20 bins of ticket stubs a day from the main entrance gate alone during the holiday period because visitors throw them away as they pass the gates," he said.

He complained that a lot of other litter is also thrown by visitors onto the roads.

"Can you imagine how much litter I have to clean up everyday? Visitors just throw their garbage wherever they want without bothering to put it in the trash bins that have been provided nearby. They seem to have no discipline at all," Kosasih said.

He added that the attitude of local visitors was very different compared to foreigners. Foreigners would try to throw their garbage into a trash bin, or would keep their garbage in their bags until they found one.--JP