Ahead Of Eid Holidays, Bogor Botanical Gardens Prepares Wahana Taman Hari Raya (THR)

Medicinal Park, one of the parks inside the Bogor Botanical Gardens (Photo: Riza Harahap / Antara)

JAKARTA - Bogor Botanical Gardens (KRB) is preparing the Taman Hari Raya (THR) rides, namely parks inside the KRB on the Idul Fitri 1422 Hijriyah holiday, on 13-17 May 2021. PT Mitra Natura Raya (MNR) Director of Marketing and Revenue , Michael Bayu, said that the Taman Hari Raya rides prepared are parks inside the Bogor Botanical Gardens, namely the Aquatic Park, Mexico Park, Drug Park, and Durian Park. According to Michael Bayu, the THR rides are prepared for visitors on the Eid holiday. "Moreover, this year's Eid holiday there is a ban on going home from Jabodetabek, so that many Jabodetabek residents spend the Eid holiday by traveling in their area," he said, quoted by Antara, Sunday, April 2. are Mexican Gardens and Aquatic Parks. "The two parks are still in the process of revitalization, to become thematic parks, which are expected to be completed in June 2021," he said. According to Bayu, the aim of revitalizing the Mexican Park and Aquatic Park is to convey conservation and educational messages to visitors to the Bogor Botanical Gardens. Meskiko Park, he said, visitors will find an atmosphere like in the country of Mexico, both vegetation and sandy soil. "In Meskiko Park, there are seven educational points that are made interactive and can increase visitors' knowledge," he said.

Meanwhile, the Aquatic Park is dominated by water rides. In this park there are five educational points that visitors can learn from. "This interactive education is expected to attract the attention of the younger generation to return to nature," he said. When asked about visitors, Bayu said, in the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, visitors to the Bogor Botanical Gardens are indeed quiet, but on Lebaran holidays it is hoped that According to him, the public interest in visiting the Bogor Botanical Gardens is actually quite high, which can be seen when the government enacted a policy that relaxed community movements in August 2020, the number of visitors to the Bogor Botanical Gardens increased.