Melaka Zoo ticket sales top RM800,000 since reopening

 

The zoo management is complying strictly with SOPs, where entry is only granted to 800 visitors at a time. (Bernama pic)

MELAKA: Ticket sales at Melaka Zoo have exceeded RM800,000 with 10,000 visitors recorded since the state’s iconic tourism spot resumed operations on Oct 1.

Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council president Shadan Othman said the total number of visitors to the zoo had breached the 1,000 daily mark, with the highest recorded at 3,500 yesterday.

“We have seen a daily increase in visitors to Melaka Zoo since Oct 1. Most of them are from outside the state.

“We foresee more visitors, particularly on weekends because Night Safari has been opened for Friday, Saturday and Sunday,” he said after a council event in Ayer Keroh here today.

He said the Melaka Zoo management was complying strictly with SOPs where entry is only granted to 800 visitors at a time to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Shadan also said that a new tourism product, called “Lepak Station”, with a night market concept like Jonker Walk would be opened at the Ayer Keroh Heritage Square here at the end of the year.

He said the night market with a limit of 500 visitors would see 100 vendors selling food, clothing and handicraft.

“This project is part of special tourism zones in Ayer Keroh as new night attractions and tourism sites apart from those in Melaka town,” he said. - FMT