Head of the Jakarta Cleaning Service Eko Bahruna said that during normal days the volumes of waste in Jakarta were only about 6,200 tons per day.
He said that the volumes of refuse during the New Year`s Eve this year increased two times that of the previous year in 2009. "It is just logical because the number of population continued to increase and their activities and enthusiasm in welcoming the new year are also on the rise," Eko said.
Eko said that places which had big volumes of garbage during the New Year`s Eve included the Ancol Dream Land in North Jakarta, Beautiful Indonesia in Miniature Park (TMII) in East Jakarta and the National Monument (Monas) Square in Central Jakarta.
On the first day of 2011, about 163,000 people spent their new year holidays at Ancol, an Ancol beach park`s worker said.
"The most favorite spot for them is the eastern beach due to its spacious area," Andhika told ANTARA.
Compared to last year`s number of visitors, this year`s was higher. Last year, the Ancol beach park was just visited by 110,000 new year`s holidaymakers, he said.
The increasing number of visitors during this new year holiday season might partly be triggered by the availability of more access-roads and more spacious car parks, he said.
The Ancol car parks could currently accommodate 80,000 cars, Andhika said.
In attracting more visitors, the Ancol beach park management also held various genres of music concerts at the Karnaval (carnival) beach, Indah beach and Festival beach, he said.
The visitors were entertained by pop, rock, and Dangdut musicians, including the popular ST 12 band, he said.
Millions of Indonesians and foreign tourists spent their new year holidays at popular tourist resorts, including National Monument complex in Central Jakarta and Bali island.(*)
Editor: Jafar M Sidik
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