Ride To Borobudur Temple Pay IDR 750 Thousand, DPR Member: If You Come With Family, The Price Is Bigger Than The UMR

President Joko Widodo at Borobudur Temple, March 30, 2022 (Photo: BPMI Setpres/Laily Rachev)

JAKARTA - Member of the House of Representatives Deddy Yevri Sitorus questioned the reason behind the plan to increase the ticket price to go up to Borobudur Temple to Rp. 750 thousand for local tourists and USD 100 for foreign tourists. through his statement, Monday, June 6, quoted from Antara. If the intention is to limit the number of visitors who can go up to Borobudur Temple to 1,200 people, it doesn't have to be by increasing ticket prices. This can be done by ordering or who comes first through the application. "It would be better if it was combined between those who arrived first and those who registered first through the application, so that there is justice between those who have access to the application and those who do not," said a member of Commission VI of the House of Representatives. This. Raising the ticket price to go to Borobudur Temple seems more towards commercialization than conservation. For him, such a policy is impartial, because the difference for people who are allowed to travel to this world heritage site is between the rich and the poor. more than the minimum wage for workers when visiting with family. Then don't poor people have the right to go up and enjoy Borobudur Temple?" Deddy asked. have researched the price of admission to the Accropolis site along with 5 other Greek sites, where the total ticket price is only €30 or around Rp.464,000. Likewise with world heritage sites in Italy where entrance tickets are to 3 main sites, namely the Collosseum, Forum and Palatio for € 18 or around Rp. 278,000 only. Not much different from other famous sites in the world, namely the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt and the Taj Mahal in India, where the entrance ticket is only $ 25 - $ 30 or around Rp. 360,000 - Rp. 433,000, which is already including a guide package or photo service." Meanwhile, the IDR 750,000 entrance ticket that was given was only for going up to the top of the Borobudur Temple. This is torture and injustice for the small people and has the potential to have a negative impact on the number of visitors to Borobudur. The impact will be that the people around the Borobudur Temple area will lose a significant income," he added.

Deddy hopes that the policy is canceled because it smells too commercialized, unfair and has the potential to cause polemics in the community. "Even if it is later changed to BLU, the price policy is very inappropriate," he said. Historical sites such as Borobudur have been protected by Law No. 11 of 2010 concerning Cultural Conservation. Thus, if the reason for applying the fantastic price is to limit the number of visitors and protect Borobudur Temple, it doesn't make sense. "In my opinion, it doesn't make sense. Even the Cultural Heritage Law is more than sufficient to serve as a reference for the protection of Borobudur Temple. So my conclusion is that the policy is purely commercial," concluded Deddy. for domestic tourists to go up to the stupa area of Borobudur Temple, Magelang, Central Java. Luhut said he was aware of the concerns and inputs that emerged from the community regarding the tariffs for local tourists which were considered too high. . Therefore, later I will ask the relevant parties to immediately review again so that the tariff can be lowered. I thank all of you for your great attention to this cultural heritage of our pride," he said in a written statement in Jakarta, Sunday (5/6). and decided by the President next week.