Nyepi Holiday, The Peak Path Is Crowded Smoothly

The Puncak-Cianjur route, West Java, was busy smoothly during the Nyepi holiday, there were no queues of vehicles, but officers were still alerted, Thursday (3/3). (BETWEEN POTO/Ahmad Fikri). (Ahmad Fikri)

CIANJUR - The Puncak-Cianjur route, West Java, during the Nyepi holiday, was observed to be busy smoothly, there were no queues of vehicles, but dozens of officers were alerted at points prone to traffic jams, to anticipate a spike in traffic flow.

According to Antara's observation, from morning to evening, the volume of vehicles passing along the Puncak-Cianjur route has increased, dominated by vehicles from outside the city with odd numbered numbers with the aim of a number of tourist attractions in the Cipanas area.

It doesn't look like a long line of vehicles like the long holiday weekend, a few days ago.

The increasing number of visits during the Nyepi holiday can be seen in tourist attractions ranging from Savilage-Puncak, Cibodas Botanical Gardens and Taman Bunga Nusantara, hundreds of vehicles can be seen in the parking area, ranging from private vehicles to tourism buses. Including the parking area for restaurants and hotels, it is crowded with out-of-town numbered vehicles.

"The volume of passing vehicles is quite dense, but it doesn't cause traffic jams like last week's long holiday. The flow from both directions is smooth, only stalling on the road to tourist attractions such as Puncak, Cibodas T-junction and Hanjawar," said Head of Traffic Police of Cianjur AKP Mangku Anom quoted by Antara, Thursday, March 3.

He said dozens of officers were alerted at a number of points prone to traffic jams in the Puncak-Cipanas area, as an effort to anticipate a surge in currents, especially when tourist attractions began to close.

"Flow engineering will be carried out, but it is situational in nature. We will coordinate with the Bogor Police before implementing the one-way system, when queues start to appear, but it is estimated that the traffic flow during the Nyepi holiday is not as high as last week's long holiday," he said.

Meanwhile, public relations staff for Cibodas Botanical Gardens, Heri, said that although there was an increase in visits during the Nyepi holiday, it was not as high as the previous holiday. Tourists who come from morning to evening, dominated by Jabodetabek, can be seen from the vehicle registration number.

"The visit rate is still high, but not as high as the previous week, which reached tens of thousands of people. We are still implementing strict procedures and tourists who come are required to show a barcode scan in the Cares for Protection application. The number is still limited to 50 percent of capacity," he said.