Chinese New Year Holiday, TMII Visitors Reach More Than 3000 People

JAKARTA – In a pandemic atmosphere and soaring active cases, residents continue to take advantage of the 2573 Lunar New Year holiday for a vacation. Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), East Jakarta is one of the favorites.

The total recorded visitors at TMII, on Tuesday, February 1, were 3,000 people during the Lunar New Year holiday.

TMII Executive Director, I Gusti Putu Ngurah Sedana said the number of visitors was based on incoming data until 14.00 WIB.

"The Mini Park on February 1, right on the Lunar New Year's Day, the total number of visitors from 06.00 WIB until this afternoon is almost 3,000," said I Gusti Putu Ngurah Sedana in Jakarta, as quoted by Antara.

Sedana added that visitors who come to TMII during the Lunar New Year holiday are not only for vacation.

Some of them came to perform Chinese New Year prayers at the Kong Miao Temple located in the TMII area.

"We saw some visitors exercising in the field, to the pavilion, and some going to the temple to carry out Chinese New Year worship," said Sedana.

Sedana said that visitors are still enthusiastic to come to TMII even though it is currently still in the renovation stage which is expected to be completed in August 2022.

"Since last night, many Confucians have been worshiping at the TMII Temple," said Sedana.