TIMES AUSTRALIA, TASIKMALAYA – Tee Jay Water Park, a tourist destination at Tasikmalaya, West Java has become a popular picnic area by the local people. They came to this place with their friends and family and enjoy their picnic meal there.

This tradition has been conducted by the local community since this Water Park was firstly established. Mostly, they did this picnic before the Ramadan to hold the munggahan tradition. Munggahan is theblast dining before Ramadan to welcome the sacred month. 

"We came here at 8 (in the morning), with my husband and kids to spend sometime swimming and have some picnic," Ai Fatonah, a local visitor of Purbaratu, Tasikmalaya, West Java.

Deep down in her mind, Ai was actually still worried about the pandemic especially when he was about to visit some crowded place. "That's why we came here early," Ai added.

According to Diki Suteja, the Manager of Tee Jay Water Park this place had just been opened on February 12 after being closed for several months due to pandemic. The surge of visitors decreased since then but starting to come back almost normal before this Ramadan.

To erase some worries and and to keep the safety of the visitor, Tee Jay Water Park applied the newest safety protocol. The visitors must to follow the rule or else they will be ditched from the water park and wait outside.

"Tee Jay is situated on 2,8 hectares area. We have three huge pool which could accomodate around 10.000 people at a time. But during this pandemic we only allow 10 percent of them to come and enjoy the park for the safety," Diki the Manager of Tee Jay Water Park Tasikmalaya said. (*)