Bogor park sees holiday surge

Bogor park sees holiday surge

BOGOR: Over 10,000 people visited the Bogor Botanical Park in
the first three hours after it opened at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, the
country's Independence Day.

"Visitors kept coming through the park's four entrances," park
official Sumarno was quoted as saying by Antara, adding that the
total number of visitors would not be known until after the park
closed at 5 p.m.

Although the park management did not arrange any special
activities to celebrate the holiday, visitors took the initiative
to put on a variety of games and competitions, including sack
races.

Ropes were used to separate groups in order to avoid disputes
over picnic spots.

Sumarno said the park normally saw up to 30,000 visitors on
holidays and a minimum of 4,000 visitors on regular days. -- JP