Thousands Tourists Visit Borobudur Every Day

Magelang (Antara Bali) - Tens of thousands of tourists have visited Borobudur Temple every day during the Idul Fitri holidays during the past week.

Some 7,938 tourists visited the Buddhist temple on Sunday, Head of the Borobudur Temple tourism park unit Bambang Irianto said here Saturday.

Further, on Monday the temple was visited by 25,179 people, on Tuesday 42,667 and on Wednesday 46,222, he said.

Most visitors were domestic tourists, he added.

The number of foreign tourists visiting Borobudur on Sunday was 570, Monday 720, Tuesday 500 and Wednesday 1,800 people.

The Borobudur management hopes to attract some 250,000 tourists during this year's Idul Fitri holidays, between August 17 to August 26.(IGT)