Local and foreign travel agents have threatened to boycott Mount Bromo in East Java, by not selling tours to the popular site following an increase in admission fees of up to 300 percent. Foreigners will be paying up to IDR 320.000 on weekends.
Admission fees to Mt. Bromo and Mt. Semeru will be increased to IDR 37,500 for a domestic visitor (previously IDR 10,000), while foreigners will be charged IDR 220.000 per person on weekdays and IDR 320.000 on weekends (previously IDR 72,500).
Travel agents and other tourism businesses had not been consulted in the decision to raise the fees. Mt. Bromo is currently one of the 10 most popular tourist destinations in Indonesia among foreign visitors.
Mt. Bromo attracts people every day. They enjoy the sunrise at Mt. Pananjakan and the superb views over the sea of sand that covers Mt. Bromo's caldera. Currently, about 2,000 people visit the National Park on regular days. On weekends or long holidays, the number of visitors can reach 15,000 daily. In 2013, 579,132 people visited the site, a 30 percent increase from the 400,000 visitors in 2012.
