Anticipating A Surge In Visitors At Borobudur Temple Ahead Of The U-17 World Cup, TWC Do This

General Manager of the Borobudur Unit of PT TWC Jamaludin Mawardi (Photo: Maria Trisnawati/VOI)

PT Taman Wisata Borobudur Prambanan and Ratu Boko (TWC) expressed their readiness to welcome tourists who will come and visit Borobudur Temple ahead of the U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.

However, regarding the anticipation of a surge in visitors, General Manager of the Borobudur Unit of PT TWC Jamaludin Mawardi said his party would distribute tourists who had arrived to visit facilities that had been provided around Borobudur Temple.

"The key is how to distribute tourists who have come to Borobudur but do not get the opportunity to enter the temple due to restrictions," said Jamaludin in Magelang, quoted Monday, July 10.

It is known, so far TWC only allows 1,200 visitors who can go up to the Borobudur Temple body in a day.

He explained that visitors must replace the paradigm of traveling to Borobudur. The reason is, people think that if they travel, they must look at the temple body, but for now in the midst of limiting the number of visitors, people are only allowed to tour the temple area.

"I think the process of spreading must be anticipated in case there is an increase in tourist visits due to the impact of the U-17 World Cup," Jamaludin continued.

Furthermore, he explained, the concept of limiting visitors has been designed for a long time by the Directorate General of Culture of the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) as an effort to strengthen Borobudur Temple into one of the world-class tourism areas and world cultural heritage by UNESCO.

Regarding the restrictions on 1,200 tourists per day, he said, visitors are divided into 8 sessions according to the operating hours of the temple area so that 150 visitors are allowed per hour.

"If our operating hours are 8 hours, it means that the calculation is 150 x 8 to 1,200 tourists per day.

"Currently being tested based on the guidelines issued by the Director General of Culture. There, the number of visitors is 1,200 per day," explained Jamaludin.

Regarding ticket prices, Jamaludin explained, if the ticket price set for visitors is still the same as before the limitation, which is IDR 50,000 for domestic tourists and 25 US dollars or IDR 375.000 for foreign tourists.

"For those who go up to the differentiable temple, only the property used is because they go up to the temple, they are required to be accompanied by guides and wear special footwear or upangan and bracelets as markers," concluded Jamaludin.

Thus, the final amount that must be paid by domestic tourists is IDR 125,000 and IDR 455,000 for foreign tourists.