Bromo Tourism Area Totally Closed During Nyepi Day

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MALANG - The Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park area in the East Java region will be completely closed during the Nyepi Day celebration on March 3, 2022.

The Head of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park Center (BB TNBTS), Novita Kusuma Wardani, said the closure of the Bromo area from tourist activities was carried out starting March 3, 2022, at 00.00 WIB.

"Bromo tourism activities will be completely closed starting March 3 at 00.00 WIB, until March 4, 2022, at 05.00 WIB", said Novita as quoted by Antara on Tuesday, March 1.

Novita explained that the closure of tourism in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park was started in the BB TNBTS Announcement Number PG.01/T.8/BIDTEK/BIDTEK.1/KSA/3/2022 issued on March 1, 2022.

According to her, the closure of tourism activities during the Nyepi Day celebration has also taken into account the letter from the Chairperson of Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia, Probolinggo Regency Number 107/Pem/PHDI-KAB/I/2022 dated February 24, 2022.

"The closing has also taken into account a letter from the Chairperson of the Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia, Probolinggo Regency, in the form of a notification and the result of coordination with the Tengger elders", she said.

She added that the closure of tourism activities from the direction of Probolinggo Regency would be carried out in Wonokerto Village, Sukapura District. Meanwhile, Pasuruan Regency will be closed from Wonokitri Village, Tosari District.

"From the direction of Malang Regency and Lumajang Regency, it will be closed in Jemplang", she added.

For information, the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park area is currently opened by limiting the number of visitors to a maximum of 50 percent of the total capacity, which is an effort to minimize the spread of the Coronavirus.

The quota for tourist visits is 1,468 people, divided into Bukit Cinta with a capacity of 62 people, Bukit Kedaluh 214 people per day, Penanjakan, 444 people per day, Mentigen 110 people per day and Savana Teletubbies as many as 638 people per day.