2022 Christmas Holidays, Coastal Tourism Objects In Sukabumi Are Still Quiet

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - The 2022 Christmas celebration holiday, precisely on Sunday, the south coast tourist attraction in Sukabumi Regency, West Java, is still empty of tourists and there has been no increase in visits coming from outside the region.

"From observations at several points of beach attractions, there has been no increase in the number of tourist visits. The majority of tourists who come come from the Sukabumi area," said the Coordinator of the Tirta Tourism Rescue Agency (Balawista) Palabuhanratu Dani Driverman in Sukabumi, quoted from Antara, Monday 26 December.

According to Dani, the level of visits to this beach tourist attraction has not yet increased due to limited holiday time, because on Monday (26/12) residents have returned to their activities such as work and school.

However, his party together with joint officers and volunteers such as elements of the TNI, Polri, Basarnas, Sarda and BPBD Sukabumi Regency as well as other SAR potential remain on standby in tourist attraction areas to monitor tourist activities.

In addition, the lack of tourist visits is also influenced by weather factors, where currently sea waters are experiencing high waves, even on Sunday mornings until before sunset several times heavy rains.

"We predict the peak tourist arrival of marine water attractions in the Unesco Global Geopark Ciletuh Palabuhanratu area from Friday (30/12) to Saturday (31/12) or before the New Year celebration," he added.

Dani said it was possible that the number of tourists who came would boom, because the replacement celebration coincided with the weekend holiday.

Therefore, to minimize the occurrence of unwanted things such as marine accidents, his party has placed personnel at all points of beach attractions including waterfalls.

Then, currently, joint officers are installing signs at tourist objects such as flags and billboards or appeal boards to remind tourists not to do activities around the beach that are prohibited from swimming.