Tourist facilities in Anyer

Tourist facilities in Anyer

From Media Indonesia

While Anyer and its Carita beach have been intensively
promoted as tourist destinations, these places do not seem to
have proper facilities (telephone, electricity and roads).

Telephone facilities in Anyer are often disrupted for days,
and help from telephone authorities is not usually forthcoming.
It would be difficult for prospective tourists to book hotel
rooms by telephone. We wonder when the authorities will improve
their services.

As for electricity, power failures seems to occur regularly in
this area. In general, only 10 days in a month see an
uninterrupted electricity supply. The Anyer office of the state
power company PLN has to cover a very wide operational area with
only two regular employees, five workers who are paid a daily
wage and one motorized vehicle.

Spare parts must be ordered from Labuan, Jakarta or Bandung.
The question now is whether it is really beyond PLN to improve
the situation or whether PLN officials are too lazy to do
anything about it.

The frequent power outages are reportedly caused by a capacity
overload, the result of among other things, electrical power
pilferage. Someone once offered me his services to adjust my
electricity meter.

The road from Cigading to Carita is generally in a poor
condition. Pools of water are found even in Anyer itself. The
worst part is from Anyer to Bengras, which passes the office of
Anyer's sub-district head. I'm sure the sub-district head
concerned has reported this matter to the relevant authorities.

Hopefully, this letter will prompt relevant parties to take
action to ensure that Anyer will receive proper telephone,
electricity and road facilities to make it a successful tourist
destination.

Sanyoto Mulyo

Anyer, Banten