Jakartans crowd recreation sites

Jakartans crowd recreation sites

JAKARTA (JP): People took advantage of the long weekend to make their way to recreation sites in and around the city starting on Friday.

Roads from the city towards Puncak were packed with cars crawling for up to two hours between Jl. Raya Tajur in Bogor to Cibulan.

The Ragunan Zoo in South Jakarta saw at least 13,000 visitors on Friday and another 6,690 as of late Saturday, compared to the average of 3,000 per day, Marzuki, a ticketing officer, said.

Taman Safari Park in Cisarua reported twice its usual number of visitors. (yns/anr)