Admission price to the area Borobudur templeMagelang, Central Java, underwent changes due to the limitation of 1,200 traveler which can enter per day.
The tariffs for the latest Borobodur entrance tickets were announced by Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.
“We also agreed to limit the tourist quota to 1,200 people per day, with a fee of 100 dollars for foreign tourists and 750 thousand rupiah for domestic tourists. Especially for students, we only charge 5,000 rupiah,” he said as quoted from his personal Instagram account @luhut. pandjaitan, Saturday (4/6).
Luhut said the move was carried out solely to preserve the historical and cultural wealth of the archipelago.
All tourists, he continued, will also have to use a tour guide (tour guide) from local residents around the Borobudur area.
“We are doing this in order to absorb new job opportunities as well as grow sense of belonging to this area so that a sense of responsibility to care for and preserve one of the historical sites of this archipelago can continue to grow in the hearts of the younger generation in the future,” said Luhut.
For the record, quoting from BetweenBefore the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019, the manager of Borobudur Temple recorded the number of tourist visits there reaching 3.8 million visitors. That number dropped drastically after the Covid-19 pandemic, where in 2020 there were as many as 990 thousand people, and in 2021 as many as 420,000 people.
The man who was trusted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to take care of a number of national issues explained that the government is currently working together to develop the concept of Borobudur Temple as an international standard cultural heritage conservation laboratory.
He also reemphasized the synergy between conservation and tourism through the mechanism of a single authority agency (single authority agency). This, he continued, was intended so that Borobudur would not only become one of the five super priority tourist destinations, but also a quality tourist destination.
In addition, Luhut also confirmed Jokowi’s direction to apply the principles of the blue, green and circular economy.
Therefore, starting this Saturday, the government will pilot the use of electric buses as shuttle buses for Magelang-Yogyakarta tourism vehicles. The shuttle bus route includes Borobudur-Malioboro-Prambanan.
(kid, Antara/kid)
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