JAKARTA - The enthusiasm of residents to visit the Jakarta Planetarium after reopening turned out to be quite high. The ticket for the visit even often runs out in a short time with 75 percent of tickets sold online (online) and 25 percent of tickets sold on the spot.
DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung saw the condition for himself when visiting the Planetarium on Sunday, December 28. At the location, many visitors came but could not buy tickets because the purchase quota was full.
"So yesterday I met with the Planetarium manager. It just so happened that yesterday I went to the Planetarium and indeed the complaint was just opened until December 31 (December) was full booked. Even though there are many residents who then want to use it for vacation," said Pramono at Karet Tengsin, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, Monday, December 29.
The public's complaints that they could not enjoy the space simulation show because they ran out of tickets made Pramono decide to change the ticket sales scheme to be more fair to visitors.
Later, out of 200 tickets per show, 50 percent will be sold online, and 50 percent will be sold on the spot or provided directly at the Planetarium location.
"I have decided, 50 percent is through online, 50 percent is directly ticketing at the location. Because I pity many people who have come from everywhere, especially from the region," said Pramono.
However, Pramono hopes that this change in the ticket sales scheme will be more accommodating to the public who have already come to the Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) area to be able to experience the experience of watching the Bintang Theater performance.
"What is surprising is that from Depok, Bekasi, Tangerang, yesterday there were a lot of people who attended. They asked for the ticketing not all of them to be online. So yesterday I decided 50 percent directly, 50 percent online," he explained.
For information, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is operating the Jakarta Planetarium again for the general public to enjoy. This celestial object performance facility was reopened on December 25, 2025, after being out of operation for 13 years.
It turns out, the enthusiasm of residents who want to watch this space simulation show is very high. Every show opens, tickets sold at a price of Rp. 10 thousand can be sold out in less than 3 minutes.
"According to capacity, the available seats are 200 per show. Every time we release, less than 3 minutes it is immediately sold out. It is always sold out," said Head of SBU Taman Ismail Marzuki, Anya Aprilia Christiana to reporters.
Many of the visitors who want to enjoy the show at the Planetarium are nostalgic. Many are curious because they have never visited the Planetarium. Not only Jakarta, visitors from out of town also want to experience watching astronomical visuals.
Since the reopening of the post-revival, the management has opened the sale of Planetarium tickets online through the tiket.com platform with a quota of 150 seats per show.
Meanwhile, tickets sold directly at the Planetarium box office are only prepared for 50 seats per show. Unfortunately, many people immediately go to the planetarium without ordering tickets online first.
"We are appealing to friends who want to visit the planetarium to reserve first via loket.com. This is indeed the condition of the animation is high. There are many who have not got tickets directly," said Anya.
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