5 Reasons Why Borobudur Temple Ticket Entrance Will Be Expensive

VIVA – The President Director of the Borobudur Temple Tourism Park (TWC), Edy Setijono will increase ticket prices to the top of the Borobudur Temple stupa area for domestic tourists by Rp750,000 and US$100 for foreigners. The decision was made through a coordination meeting with the central government.

Meanwhile, the price for regular tickets to enter the Borobudur Temple area is still the same, namely Rp50,000 for domestic tourists and US$25. For special access for students to go up the Borobudur Temple with a ticket for Rp5,000 for educational purposes.

Here are 5 reasons why the manager and the government agreed to increase the price of the Borobudur temple stupa area:

1. The Borobudur Temple Has Weathering and Land Subsidence

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo asked the manager of the Borobudur Temple Tourism Park (TWC) to educate the public regarding the plan to apply a ticket price of Rp750,000/person for local tourists to avoid misunderstandings.

"To climb the temple, yesterday, it was conveyed so that there would be management by controlling it through tariffs, that's roughly the case," said Ganjar in Semarang, Central Java, Sunday.

According to Ganjar, the policy was not decided just like that, but through various aspects that were taken into consideration.

"One of them is the conservation of Borobudur Temple, which has recently experienced a decline. As for today, tourists have not been allowed to go up to Borobudur Temple," he said.

Based on studies from various experts who provide input to the Government, the condition of the historic site, Borobudur temple is currently starting to experience weathering. In addition, climate change, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, are also a threat in itself.

President Director of Borobudur Temple, Prambanan, and Ratu Boko, Edy Setijono explained that the determination of the increase in ticket prices in the stupa area was due to a quota system per day for those who were allowed to climb to the top of the Borobudur Temple.

The government has set a quota that is allowed to climb to the top of the temple, only 1,200 people/day.

The determination of the quota aims to protect the Borobudur Temple building or conservation in order to preserve the historical and cultural wealth of the archipelago. Edy revealed that the Borobudur Temple building began to experience decline and erosion, which was thought to be caused by an excess load due to tourist visits.

"What does it mean, people who want to go up to the temple must really be people who have an interest in going up to the temple. If people want to take pictures, they don't have to go up to the temple, just go downstairs. So that's the goal. So, people go up to the temple because they have paid an expensive, I think they will be serious,they will learn, they will study.” he said.

Edy Setijono also explained that the price fixing at IDR 750,000 for local tourists who wanted to climb the temple was not due to commercial reasons. The manager continues to provide special access for students who want to learn about Borobudur Temple with a fee of only IDR 5,000 per student to go up to the temple.

"As a form of our alignment with the world of education, for students it is only cost at Rp5.000. This is the answer to why it is expensive, as if it is commercial. No, it is not commercial, the reasons are different. Therefore, for students it is only Rp5.000," said Edy.

Special access to these students will be given as much as 20 to 25 percent of the total quota of 1,200 people/day.

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said, Borobudur Temple as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site is important to be given special attention, in order to preserve the historical and cultural wealth of the archipelago.

According to Luhut, Borobudur Temple has various vulnerabilities and threats. Starting from natural threats in the form of weathering and land subsidence due to climate change, also from the ignorant actions of the visitors themselves.

"Please check or ask your management friends there. Not to mention the behavior of visitors who like to vandalize, slip certain objects between the temple stones, litter, and what's worse is not being able to appreciate Borobudur Temple as a Buddhist site. This all needs special handling," Luhut continued.

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said the government designated the Borobudur Temple area as an environmentally friendly tourist destination. Later, all modes of transportation operating in the Borobudur and Prambanan Temple areas must be environmentally friendly.

In addition to operating electric buses for tour guides, there are also online motorcycle taxi drivers around the Borobudur area, all of their fleets using electric vehicles. Electric charging stations in the Borobudur and Prambanan areas have also been built and inaugurated.

"In Borobudur, especially next year, we hope that there will be no more fossil vehicles, because all of them must use green energy," he said.

To achieve this, the government allocates a budget of Rp6.8 trillion.

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"One of them is the conservation of Borobudur Temple, which has recently experienced a decline. As for today, tourists have not been allowed to go up to Borobudur Temple," he said.