50 Percent Of Ciputra's Mall Admits It's Still Quiet: Far From 50 Percent Capacity

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JAKARTA - One of the shopping centers in Jakarta, Ciputra Mall Jakarta, is still quiet visitors that have an impact on the business continuity of outlet tenants including revenue from mall managers.

General Manager of Ciputra Mall Jakarta Ferry Irianto said the number of visitors to the mall is still far from expected even not reaching the capacity provisions set by the government of 50 percent.

Ferry said the number of visitors since the mall was re-opened during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 until the second quarter of 2021 has not increased significantly despite the government's vaccination.

"It has not increased significantly, even still far from the capacity of 50 percent of the government determined," Ferry was quoted as saying from Antara, Wednesday, May 26.

He said the increase in the number of mall visitors occurred in the holy month of Ramadan ahead of Eid al-Fitr.

"Ahead of Eid al-Fitr quite increased to 7 percent to 10 percent, because people buy the needs of Lebaran," he said.

Ferry said most visitors only come to buy the necessary necessities and then return home immediately.

"No visitors have visited to enjoy entertainment or culinary," he said.

The lack of visitors also has an impact on the rental of outlets in Ciputra Mall Jakarta. Ferry revealed that there are some outlet tenants who decided to close their stores temporarily due to declining incomes.