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PRAMBANAN TEMPLE ATTRACTS 84,000 VISITORS
Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Sept 26 (ANTARA) - The old Hindu temple in Prambanan, Yogyakarta, has become one of the popular objects visited by holiday makers in the region so far.
Until Saturday afternoon around 84,000 people had visited the temple. "The number of visitors is already declining compared to the days before, the head of the Prambanan Temple Tourism Park unit, Bambang Bandono said.
He however predicted it would rise again on Sunday which would be the last day of the Islamic post-fasting holiday seasons this year.
"Last year the number of visitors reached around 90,000. This year it is expected to be the same as last year's," he said.
To attract more visitors in the holiday seasons this year he said he staged various traditional art and music performances and also offered a tour to Ratu Boko Palace.
He said after having been satisfied enjoying their visit at Prambanan Temple visitors could take a tour to Ratu Boko at a cost of Rp30,000.
Bambang said he had raised the price of tickets to enter the Prambanan Temple Park including the archeology museum from Rp15,000 to Rp20,000.
The Prambanan Temple Tourism Park is a complex of old Hindu temples built around 850 AD, located 17 kilometers east of Yogyakarta in Central Java.
He said visitors could not as yet be able to enter all the temples in the complexs as some of them were still under renovation after being damaged following a strong earthquake on May 27, 2006.
Another popular temple in Central Java which has become a popular tourist attraction is a Budhist Borobudur temple in Magelang.***
Until Saturday afternoon around 84,000 people had visited the temple. "The number of visitors is already declining compared to the days before, the head of the Prambanan Temple Tourism Park unit, Bambang Bandono said.
He however predicted it would rise again on Sunday which would be the last day of the Islamic post-fasting holiday seasons this year.
"Last year the number of visitors reached around 90,000. This year it is expected to be the same as last year's," he said.
To attract more visitors in the holiday seasons this year he said he staged various traditional art and music performances and also offered a tour to Ratu Boko Palace.
He said after having been satisfied enjoying their visit at Prambanan Temple visitors could take a tour to Ratu Boko at a cost of Rp30,000.
Bambang said he had raised the price of tickets to enter the Prambanan Temple Park including the archeology museum from Rp15,000 to Rp20,000.
The Prambanan Temple Tourism Park is a complex of old Hindu temples built around 850 AD, located 17 kilometers east of Yogyakarta in Central Java.
He said visitors could not as yet be able to enter all the temples in the complexs as some of them were still under renovation after being damaged following a strong earthquake on May 27, 2006.
Another popular temple in Central Java which has become a popular tourist attraction is a Budhist Borobudur temple in Magelang.***
