Covid-19 Positive Patients Increase, Batam Residents Still Visiting Tanjung Pinggir Beach

TRIBUNBATAM.id, BATAM - The beach is generally the most popular tourist attraction by citizens of Batam, Riau Islands Province.

Especially on weekends. The beach became a place that was crowded with many people.

This is what makes some people choose to spend time on vacation at the beach, despite the call to gather and leave the house to avoid spread of Corona virus.

Tanjung Pinggir Beach, Sekupang District, Batam City for example. The number of visitors on this beach is known to have increased compared to last month.

A coast guard there said, the number of visitors even rose up to two times compared with national holiday.

"The number of visitors who came increased compared to a month ago. Weekend last month only 20 were entering the beach. Now there are 50 people," he said, Friday (10/4/2020).

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A visitor, Indri said, this is the first time he left the house after following the government's advice to remain at home.

"This is the first time I've been playing out, after almost a month of silence at home. Although in fact the anxiety was also the same as other people.

But I was also bored in the house all the time. That's why I chose to go to the beach because I can still stand guard distance with other visitors.

Not like in the mall. Besides that if the natural beach is open, hit by the sun so in my opinion it is still safe, "said the 25-year-old woman.

Because it coincides national holiday, many families and couples visit Tanjung Pinggir Beach.

"50 of these people came, 20 of whom were fisher. And specifically for the fisher, we gave a half-price discount from the entrance price of Rp. 5,000. The rest of the family, and also a picnic partner here or swimming," said another visitor to Tanjung Pinggir Beach, Putra.

Putra claimed the beach manager did not increase the price of admission.

"The price of admission per person is still the same as before, Rp 10,000.

We do not take advantage of the situation even though national holiday, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow is the weekend.