via Antara News, 15 June 2023: The COVID-19 pandemic allowed for enhanced conservation efforts and study of damages at Borobudur Temple in Central Java, according to Indonesia’s Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry.
The COVID-19 pandemic presented a good opportunity for bolstering conservation efforts at Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central Java, according to the Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry.
“The COVID-19 (pandemic) in 2020–2021 gave us time to restrict (visits to Borobudur) and, most importantly, time to study the damages that had occurred,” the ministry’s Director General of Culture Hilmar Farid informed at a Katadata Insight Center (KIC) press conference, which was followed via online means here on Thursday.
The official disclosed that the government had been planning for long to restrict tourists’ access to the temple platforms to conserve and improve their longevity, as well as to allow more research to be conducted on the temple.
Source: Pandemic blessing in disguise for Borobudur conservation effort: govt – ANTARA News
