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Govt to hike Borobudur ticket prices, limit visitors
“We are doing this to preserve the history and cultural heritage of the archipelago,” minister Luhut Panjaitan said on Sunday.
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Tourists watch sunrise at the top of Borobudur Temple in Central Java in 2014. (JP/Tarko Sudiarno )
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he government is planning to increase the ticket price for access to Borobudur, the world’s largest Buddhist temple, located in Magelang, Central Java, and to limit the number of visitors who will be admitted.
Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Panjaitan said on Sunday that the government planned to charge local tourists Rp 750,000 (US$51.92) if they wanted to climb to the top of the temple and foreign tourists $100. Tickets for students would remain Rp 5,000.
Those who wished to enter the complex without climbing the temple would be charged the previous price of Rp 50,000.
Luhut added that the number of visitors would be limited to 1,200 per day to preserve the structure.
“We are doing this to preserve the history and cultural heritage of the archipelago,” Luhut said in a statement.
During the pandemic, the number of visitors to the archeological site has been limited to 4,000 per day.
In 2019, the tourist attraction recorded some 5 million visitors – more than 13,000 visitors per day on average.
