Bantul Opens Tourist Attractions With Odd-Even Arrangements During Christmas-New Year

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BANTUL - The Bantul Regency Government, Special Region of Yogyakarta, will open a number of tourist attractions with odd-even settings on the last digit of the tourist vehicle registration number during the 2021 Christmas and 2022 New Year holidays.

"Increased vigilance is being carried out on favorite tourist objects in Bantul, with the implementation of odd-even to regulate visits to priority tourist attractions," said Bantul Regent Abdul Halim Muslih, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, December 22.

The odd-even arrangement on the tourist vehicle police numbers is contained in the Bantul Regent's Instruction Number 37 of 2021 concerning the Prevention and Overcoming of COVID-19 at Christmas and New Year, which was enforced from 24 December 2021 to 2 January 2022.

In addition to odd-even, tourist attractions in Bantul are opened by implementing strict health protocols, including the use of the PeduliLindung application and only visitors from the green category are allowed to enter the tourist attraction.

"The implementation of health protocols is stricter and limits on the number of tourist visitors, a maximum of 75 percent of capacity," he said.

The Regent's Instruction also stipulates that arts and cultural activities as well as sports that have the potential to cause COVID-19 transmission are carried out without spectators, in order to prevent crowds.

"And close all squares or squares, including public open spaces from December 31, 2021 to January 1, 2022," he said.

The Bantul Regent appealed to all people in the area to celebrate the new year in a simple way with their families, so that it can be used as a momentum to strengthen family ties.

"To the ranks of the Satpol PP, sub-districts and sub-districts in order to monitor the situation and condition of the community in their respective environments, so as to prevent activities that have the potential to cause vulnerability," he said.