Central Jakarta City Government Tightens Monas Park Security During Christmas And New Year's Holidays

Monas Park/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

The Central Jakarta City Government through the Satpol PP ranks will supervise a number of tourist attractions at a number of points in the Central Jakarta area on the 2023 Nataru holiday.

The Mayor of Central Jakarta, Dhany Sukma, said that the most crowded tourist area visited by people in Central Jakarta is still at Monas Park.

"Tourism in Central Jakarta is the most Monas, museums. The most crowded is Monas," Dhany told VOI, Friday, December 29.

His party will also monitor the Monas area because it is in ring 1 area of the Republic of Indonesia. The monitoring involved the Central Jakarta Satpol PP and all stakeholders.

"Monas is ring 1, to carry out monitoring involving all stakeholders with security forces. Because in ring 1 we automatically strengthen security," he said.

Previously, it was reported that visitors to the National Monument Park (Monas) in Gambir Area, Central Jakarta, began to experience an increase towards the end of 2023.

"Visitors in the new year are estimated to be more than 100 thousand visitors who will travel to Monas Park," said Head of Monas Regional Management Unit (UPK) Muhammad Isa Sanuri to VOI, Thursday, December 28.

The operating hours to the top of the Monas Monument are open from 08.00 WIB to 18.00 WIB. Meanwhile, for the Monas Park area area, it is open from 06.00 WIB to 22.00 WIB.