REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DENPASAR - Around 3,000 people visited the Bali Zoo during this year`s Eid al Fitr holiday, which is considerably more than the numbers of tourists who flocked to the zoo during the previous Eid, its spokesperson Emma Kristiana Chandra said on Tuesday.

"In addition to foreign tourists, we also saw the number of domestic visitors growing sizably," she said.

Data indicates that around 3,000 domestic tourists dropped in at the zoo located in Singapadu in the Gianyar district on Sunday and Monday, which was a 25 percent jump from the 2,400 visitors that the zoo had during the same period in 2011. Most of the domestic visitors coming to the zoo were from Jakarta and Surabaya, Chandra pointed out.

The zoo management had organized several outdoor activities to entertain visitors, such as feeding lions, riding elephants around the zoo and a bird show held at periodic intervals. Visitors were also excited to pose for pictures with the several wild animals that inhabit the zoo, including crocodiles, white tigers and binturongs, she noted.

The zoo charges local residents 60,000 IDR per person, while non-Bali dwellers are expected to pay 75,000 IDR per adult and 37,000 IDR per child. Meanwhile, foreign tourists are charged 24 USD for an adult and 12 USD for a child. Chandra said she expected the number of visiting tourists to swell in the wake of the holiday, which had been extended to Tuesday and Wednesday. 

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