Eruption Of Mount Merapi, Borobudur Temple Continues To Serve Tourists

Borobudur Temple. (ANTARA)

The Borobudur Temple in Magelang Regency, Central Java, remains safe for tourists because it is not affected by volcanic ash due to the hot clouds falling from Mount Merapi, said General Manager of the Borobudur Unit Jamaludin Mawardi. "Alhamdulillah, the Borobudur Temple area today was not affected by the ash rain of Merapi so that visitors can still enjoy the beauty of Borobudur Temple," said Jamaludin Mawardi, quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, March 11. He said that even some visitors today can still climb to the Borobudur Temple monument. As is known, PT Taman Wisata Borobudur, Prambanan and Ratu Boko (TWC) conducted a field study of tourist visits to ride the Borobudur Temple monument with random samples to ensure service quality in this tourist destination until March 15, 2023. He said visitors to the end of the Candi Borobudur Tourism Park on this day reached around 3,500 people. Coordinator of the Borobudur Conservation Center Utilization Working Coordinator (BKB) Yudi Suhartono conveyed that the condition of Borobudur Temple is safe from Merapi volcanic ash. "However, we continue to monitor Merapi's condition, especially for wind direction if there is a Merapi eruption in order to anticipate ash rain in the Borobudur Temple area," he said. Merapi ash cleaning is carried out by sputtering water on Saturday night," he said. The personnel involved, namely from Damkar, Satpol PP and Linmas, Transportation Service, Environment Agency, BPBD and PMI Magelang City.