Bogor Botanical Gardens crowded with visitors

Thousands of visitors fill the weekend to coincide with the Easter holiday in Bogor Botanical Gardens, one of the attractions in the city of rain, Sunday (03/31/2013).According to the Civil Administration Ticketing Bogor Botanical Gardens, Suciyarno increased number of visitors this weekend from a normal day. "There was a slight surge in the number of visitors, about 15 percent, on Friday and Saturday," said Suciyarno.Holy detailing the number of visitors to the Bogor Botanical Gardens on Easter holiday on Friday (03/29/2013) based on the number of tickets sold that many as 6014 tickets. This number increased on Saturday (30/03/2013) of 6373 tickets.When compared to the previous weekend, Saturday (03/23/2013) botanical garden visitor numbers as 2827 tickets on Sunday and reach the 4231 ticket.These visitors, mostly from family and personal circles. Different when the working day, visitors were dominated visiting school children. In addition, the visitors this weekend not only from the domestic but also foreign nationals. "Of the number of inbound visitors, 10 percent are foreign visitors," says Saint.According to the Bible, despite the surge of visitors this weekend but the increase was not significant when compared to the peak increase in visitor numbers in Bogor Botanical Garden occurred on Eid in 2012 where one day reach the 23,000 tickets sold.When compared with normal days, the number of visitors Bogor Botanical Gardens, on average 1,000 to 2,500. A large number of visitors to the Bogor Botanical Gardens are also affected by the weather.When the holiday weekend weather in the city of Bogor is erratic, sometimes hot in the morning until noon and sudden rain in the afternoon, while the operating hours of the Bogor Botanical Gardens beginning at 8:00 a.m. to 17:00 hrs. "We look at the schedule, at 16:30 hrs, when it rained and the atmosphere in the garden was deserted, we pull the ticket," says Saint.To be able to enjoy a holiday in Bogor Botanical Garden, visitors can buy a ticket for Rp 14,000 per person for domestic and Rp 25,000 per person for foreigners.