Government rescinds plan to increase Borobudur Temple entry fee

via Antara, 14 June 2022: First it was postponed, but now the planned price increase has been completely walked back. However (and IMO this is a good thing), they are also planning to limit the daily numbers of people who can climb the monument.

The government, in keeping with President Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi’s) instruction, decided to not proceed with the plan to increase the entry fee for Indonesian national and foreign tourists to Borobudur Temple, Central Java.

After attending the meeting on tourism affairs at the Presidential Palace here, Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono confirmed that the entry fee for the general public will remain unchanged at Rp50 thousand (US$3.4).

“In principle, there will be no price increase, (and the price will) remain at Rp50 thousand. (The entry fee for) pupils of high school and lower-level schools will remain at Rp5 thousand (US$0.34),” Hadimuljono stated on Tuesday.

Despite keeping the current entry fee unchanged, the government will proceed with the plan to restrict the daily visit quota to the temple to 1,200 visitors, he remarked, adding that visitors are required to reserve their tickets through online means.

Source: Government rescinds plan to increase Borobudur Temple entry fee – ANTARA News