Viral Tourists In Bali Dipalak Money Entered Rp300 Thousand At The Falls Of A Group Of Buleleng

BULELENG - Viral on social media is a tourist who complains about the price of entrance tickets for a collection of water in Lemukih Village, Sawan District, Buleleng Regency, Bali.

The video was uploaded to the TikTok account @denkodennis by telling his experience while visiting the Gathering Waterfall. He was dismissed by someone who was guarding the post and asked to pay Rp. 300 thousand.

"Looking at the review on Google, people are also complaining. I mean, foreigners Rp. 300 thousand per person are already expensive," he said, quoted on Thursday, November 16.

"He said the adjustment of this entrance ticket was from 2019. In fact, in Google, there were a lot of people who complained, felt that they were also threatened, with different entrance ticket prices. Does it make sense to pay curug Rp. 300 thousand? I don't think so. He said that if he didn't want water, the price could go down to Rp. 250 thousand. The price could be like that," he said.

This viral video was followed up by the Buleleng Regency Tourism and Satpol PP Office, Bali. The jump post entering the Sekumpul Waterfall managed by residents was closed.

"The results of our check are indeed true, like what is in the video and it is acknowledged by the person concerned. Today we asked for the post to be closed. So the posts along the kilometer one road to Lemukih Village are temporarily closed," said Head of the Buleleng Tourism Office, Gede Dody Sukma Oktiva Askara.

Explained that the entrance ticket price for the Collecting Waterfall is actually Rp. 20,000 for adult visitors and Rp. 10,000 for children/

"On Monday, we will call the post manager along with village officials and Kelian Village Indigenous, sub-district head to discuss. Actually, this is something that is not wearing it, but the governance needs to be improved. So we take closing steps, we make good governance," he explained.

The Pariwisatta Office will design a collection of Waterfall tourism governance by referring to the Governor Regulation (Pergub)!Bali Number 28 of 2020 concerning Bali Tourism Governance.

"We obey the rules of the Governor of Bali and we obey them and we hope that all of them will not lose their livelihoods but we realize how our hospitality is to tourists, so that tourists feel safe, comfortable to be protected, and negative images that feel cheated feel they are not there anymore," he said.