Monas Visitors Ahead Of The Substitution Of The Year Reaching 127 Thousand People

Visitors to Monas ahead of the 2024 New Year (DOC VOI/Diah Ayu)

JAKARTA - The National Monument (Monas) area in Central Jakarta from morning until the turn of the New Year 2024 was visited by 127 thousand domestic and foreign tourists. "As of 20.00, there were 127,605 people visiting the Monas area ahead of the turn of the year," said Head of the Monas Management Unit (UPK) Muhammad Isa Sarnuri when confirmed in Jakarta, Antara, Sunday, December 31. Of the 127 thousand visitors, consisting of 118 foreign tourists (tourists) and 127,487 domestic tourists. The number of visitors from within the country consists of 93,661 adult visitors and 33,826 children. "There are 118 foreign tourists from Australia, England, China, Japan, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Korea, Germany, France, Malaysia, America, Italy, and so on," said Isa. Isa appealed to all Monas visitors to maintain their respective personal safety and take care of their families or children so that they cannot be separated or separated from the group. "Families or children should not be taken care of until they are released because there are quite a lot of visitors and keep the cleanliness of disposing of garbage in places that have also been provided," said Isa. The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government held a Young Night of Homecoming Jakarta Global on New Year's Eve 2024 with a series of events ranging from Jakarnaval, music stage, video screening to drone shows. The Mudi Young Night event is filled with six interesting segments, namely Gemilang Silang Monas, Jakarnaval, Main Stage of HI Roundabout, Kirana Jakarta, Jalan MH Thamrin Stage and Jalan Jenderal Sudirman Stage. In the first segment Gemilang Silang Monas will display video screenings, dancing fountains, entertainment and so on. Then, to the southwest of Monas, the Provincial Government (Pemprov) of DKI established a opening stage called Jakarnaval (Jakarta Karnival). This year's Jakarnaval theme is "Indonesian Legend Intellectual Property" (IP) based character or intellectual property-based character from the works of the nation's children.

Jakarnaval will also feature a variety of ornamental cars with attractive lights and decorations made by the nation's children such as Sri Asih, Si Juki, Si Unyil, Si Blind from Hantu Cave and Satria Dewa Gatotkaca.