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Indonesia's Prambanan Temple to See More Visitors During Holidays

Prambanan temple is seen before Earth Hour outside Yogyakarta city, Central Java March 31, 2012. REUTERS/Dwi Oblo
Prambanan temple is seen before Earth Hour outside Yogyakarta city, Central Java March 31, 2012. REUTERS/Dwi Oblo
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Indonesia's Prambanan Temple to See More Visitors During Holidays

Prambanan temple is seen before Earth Hour outside Yogyakarta city, Central Java March 31, 2012. REUTERS/Dwi Oblo
Prambanan temple is seen before Earth Hour outside Yogyakarta city, Central Java March 31, 2012. REUTERS/Dwi Oblo

Prambanan temple in Yogyakarta plans to increase its tourist quota for the upcoming Christmas and New Year's holidays.

The concerned authorities recently announced the quota would be raised to 7,000 tourists per day, or around 60 percent of Prambanan temple's normal capacity, in the fourth phase of the new normal adaptation operational trial.

The maximum capacity during the third phase of the adaptation operational trial was 5,000 tourists per day, according to the antaranews.com website.

Prambanan temple officially reopened to tourists in July under strict COVID-19 health protocols.

Prambanan temple is among the most popular tourist attractions in Yogyakarta. At the temple area, visitors can expect to see three major temples built for believers of the Hindu faith, Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma, alongside other temples worth exploring.

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Heatwave Leaves Moroccan Cities Sweltering in Record-breaking Temperatures

People cool off at a beach during a heatwave in Rabat on June 29, 2025. (AFP)
People cool off at a beach during a heatwave in Rabat on June 29, 2025. (AFP)
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Heatwave Leaves Moroccan Cities Sweltering in Record-breaking Temperatures

People cool off at a beach during a heatwave in Rabat on June 29, 2025. (AFP)
People cool off at a beach during a heatwave in Rabat on June 29, 2025. (AFP)

Monthly temperature records have been broken across Morocco, sometimes topping seasonal norms by as much as 20 degrees Celsius, the national meteorological office said Sunday, as the North African kingdom was gripped by a heatwave.

"Our country has experienced, between Friday 27 and Saturday 28 of June, a 'chegui' type heatwave characterized by its intensity and geographical reach," the meteorological office (DGM) said in a report shared with AFP.

The heatwave, which has also struck across the Strait of Gibraltar in southern Europe, has affected numerous regions in Morocco.

According to the DGM, the most significant temperature anomalies have been on the Atlantic plains and interior plateaus.

In the coastal city of Casablanca, the mercury reached 39.5C (103 Fahrenheit), breaching the previous record of 38.6C set in June 2011.

In Larache, 250 kilometers (150 miles) up the coast, a peak temperature of 43.8C was recorded, 0.9C above the previous June high, set in 2017.

And in central Morocco's Ben Guerir, the thermometers hit 46.4C, besting the two-year-old record by 1.1C.

In total, more than 17 regions sweltered under temperatures above 40C, the DGM said, with Atlantic areas bearing the brunt.

"Coastal cities like Essaouira recorded temperatures 10C or 20C above their usual averages" for June, the DGM said.

Inland cities such as Marrakesh, Fez, Meknes and Beni Mellal experienced heat 8C to 15C above the norm, with Tangier in the far north at the bottom end of that scale.

The forecast for the days ahead indicates continuing heat in the interior of Morocco due to a so-called Saharan thermal depression, an intense dome of heat over the desert.