Strictly, Yogyakarta Government Will Give Sanctions To Traders Who Sell With Unreasonable Prices In Malioboro

Illustration - Malioboro Tourism Area Yogyakarta (Eka AR/Antara)

JAKARTA - The Government of Yogyakarta ensures that it will impose strict sanctions on street vendors in Malioboro who violate the rules that are closed forever.

The sanctions were delivered by Deputy Mayor of Yogyakarta Heroe Poerwadi following tourist complaints about the price of food sold by street vendors in the Malioboro area went viral on social media,

"The sanction has become the policy and agreement of the whole community. If anyone withdraws the price is not in accordance with the provisions or unnatural then the sanctions are clear and firm," said Heroe Poerwadi in Yogyakarta, Wednesday.

The strict sanction in question is that traders who commit violations should not sell forever in Malioboro.

According to him, the imposition of strict sanctions is important so that all communities and communities in the Malioboro area are orderly in complying with the rules and orderly communities in supervising their members because if they do, they are people who have the potential to damage the name of Malioboro and Yogyakarta."

That rule applies not only to street vendors but to anyone. For example parking attendants and others. The sanctions must be firm," he said.

He also asked tourists who experience uncomfortable experiences in Malioboro including paying an unreasonable food price to immediately report to the security officer of Malioboro, Jogoboro, or to the personnel of Yogyakarta Satpol PP on duty.

"The goal is for the complaint to be followed up immediately and if true, the person concerned can be immediately sanctioned," he said.

Meanwhile, based on the results of the search conducted by Jogoboro team by meeting all traders and community leaders along Malioboro Street, it is certain that no merchants ask for food prices unreasonably.

"We haven't found the merchant traveller refers to. I am sure, the merchants in Malioboro fulfilled the agreement to display the price of the food menu sold. And although tourists who come down significantly, but traders do not necessarily set prices," he said.

Nevertheless, searches are still conducted on traders on the streets along Malioboro. "The sanctions are the same. If anything, maybe the merchant is not in the Malioboro community," he said.