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NUMBER OF DOMESTIC TOURISTS TO TANAH LOT INCREASES FOUR-FOLD
Denpasar, Oct 3 (ANTARA)- The number of foreign, domestic and local tourists visiting the tourist resort of "Tanah Lot" in Bali's Tabanan district during the current Idul Fitri holidays has increased four-fold, a Tanah Lot official said.
"The increase in the number of visitors has taken place since two days before the post-fasting month Idul Fitri holidays began on Wednesday," I Made Sujana R.Par, head of the operation section of the Tanah Lot Tourist Resort Operator, said here on Thursday.
"On other days, the number of visitors is recorded at an average of 3,000. It jumps up to 12,000 tourists over the past few days," he said.
The post-fasting month holidays, locally called 'lebaran' this year started on Monday and will end on Sunday this week.
The increase of holidaymakers in Tanah Lot has begun to be felt two days before the Lebaran D-Day on Wednesday, he said.
Sujana said that the dominant visitors were domestic tourists who came from various provinces in Indonesia, followed by foreign tourists and local visitors.
He said he had to provide an extra parking lot of about two hectares to accommodate the vehicles of tourists who came with their private cars.
Tanah Lot only has a parking lot of 1.5 hectare with a capacity of accommodating 400 cars. But an extra parking lot had been prepared two days before the D-Day on Wednesday.
Due to its attractiveness, Tanah Lost is able to place itself in the second place of the most visited sites by tourists in Bali after the Ubud Arts Village.
Tanah Lot, a tiny isle almost separated from mainland Bali, hosts an ancient Hundu shrine built during the sixteenth century which has become a famous tourist destination in Indonesia's tourist resort province of Bali.
"The increase in the number of visitors has taken place since two days before the post-fasting month Idul Fitri holidays began on Wednesday," I Made Sujana R.Par, head of the operation section of the Tanah Lot Tourist Resort Operator, said here on Thursday.
"On other days, the number of visitors is recorded at an average of 3,000. It jumps up to 12,000 tourists over the past few days," he said.
The post-fasting month holidays, locally called 'lebaran' this year started on Monday and will end on Sunday this week.
The increase of holidaymakers in Tanah Lot has begun to be felt two days before the Lebaran D-Day on Wednesday, he said.
Sujana said that the dominant visitors were domestic tourists who came from various provinces in Indonesia, followed by foreign tourists and local visitors.
He said he had to provide an extra parking lot of about two hectares to accommodate the vehicles of tourists who came with their private cars.
Tanah Lot only has a parking lot of 1.5 hectare with a capacity of accommodating 400 cars. But an extra parking lot had been prepared two days before the D-Day on Wednesday.
Due to its attractiveness, Tanah Lost is able to place itself in the second place of the most visited sites by tourists in Bali after the Ubud Arts Village.
Tanah Lot, a tiny isle almost separated from mainland Bali, hosts an ancient Hundu shrine built during the sixteenth century which has become a famous tourist destination in Indonesia's tourist resort province of Bali.
