Recreation centers report few visitors

Recreation centers report few visitors

JAKARTA: Many recreation centers across the capital were quiet
on Thursday with only a few visitors to be seen despite the
lingering Christmas holiday mood.

The Indonesia in Miniature Park (TMII) and Ragunan Zoo, both
of which are normally packed by Jakarta residents during the
holidays, were much less crowded than usual, leaving many outlets
devoid of visitors. No long queues were to be seen in front of
the ticket booths.

A similar atmosphere prevailed in a number of recreation
centers in Tangerang, Banten, with motorists heading for the area
being spared the customary traffic jams.

Heru, a staffer at the Ancol Dreamland Park, revealed that the
number of vacationers visiting Ancol would not exceed the number
who had descended on the amusement complex over the recent Idul
Fitri holidays.

"But the number of visitors will increase every night as we
approach the New Year's celebrations as we will be featuring live
concerts," said Heru as quoted by Antara.

On Thursday night, Ancol staged a concert featuring Slank, and
Ari Lasso, Oppie Andaresta and David of Naif band.

On Friday, it will feature rock and dangdut concerts.

Meanwhile, some malls and shopping centers like the Blok M and
Citra Land malls had yet to return to normal with few shoppers in
evidence.--JP