Similar laws Requiring visitors to pay for surfing has been Previous applies in Mentawai, Despite the somewhat unsuccessful. The latest attempt has been working for more than a year before it finally became official. The implementation of the tax and the main reason is to benefit the local community. "We just get the name, litter and damage to the environment," Vice Regent Mentawai Islands Rijel Samaloisa said load-year.
While some surfers will undoubtedly see the new law is not fair - Mother Nature is free for everyone, men - Mentawai tourism surf industry see it as a positive thing for the local community. Located in Mentawai 'surfing mecca of which Kandui Resort is onboard with the tariff, provided that benefit indigenous people of Indonesia.
Directly from the press release:
You are hereby advised not after the date of August 1, 2016, Mentawai Regency Government through the Department of Tourism Culture Youth and Sports has charged LEVY COLLECTION SURFING to surf in the Mentawai by the number of Retribution For Abroad surfer Rp 1,000,000 per person per stay (15 days) and surfer islands (except local surfer / Mentawai) Rp 100,000 per person per stay (15 hours) in accor dance with regulations Mentawai islands District No. 2 Year 2015 Year 2015 on the Management and Utilization of Tourism Attractions and regulatory Surfing Mentawai Islands District No. 8 of 2015 concerning the levy Recreation and Sports. Surfing Levy payments made directly in Nagari Bank Deposit Slip Local Cash Account Model A Mentawai Regional Government.
To buy tickets and Bracelet Surfing in the Office of Tourism Information Centre (TIC) in Padang or Disbudparpora Office in Tuapejat.
"We support efforts to help the local community," said Kandui Resort co-owner Anthony Marcotti Surfline. "We provide jobs for dozens upon dozens of families directly and indirectly. We are proud of our contribution and the money we were able to spend in our local community in terms of employment, inventories, and the purchase of fuel. We tried to take advantage of support based on the Mentawai for Kandui as much as possible . "
And Kandui Villas, other suppliers luxury accommodation for surfers in the Mentawai, seeing upside associated with the tax regulations. A statement from the company reads:
"The new regulation is expected to provide significant benefits to the tourism industry regulatory surfing, with a carrying capacity Improve management surfers in each region, reduce overcrowding, and Improving the overall experience of visiting surfers."
In addition to on-luxe inn of Iceland, chartered boats are very popular in Mentawai, alternating surfers from place to place and then docking for the night. It is unclear how the tax would be associated with vessels, Although initial reports Other cost of $ 380 USD for 15 days.
But some wonder how effective the implementation of the tax will be. Even with heightened security at music festivals such as Coachella, people managed to sneak in with fake or invalid bracelet-distributed, let alone find in unattended fences to jump. So why can not theses covert operations in deeper surfing?
"I think it would be difficult to enforce and some operations will be far more studied than others," Sean Murphy, President of Waterways Surf Adventures, told us. "They want to focus on dairy cows, and a smaller budget operation of the low occupancy will probably slide by. How long it takes for people to falsify They bracelet? Whether to regulate the number of surfers in every place at one time? I am not against the idea of principal , but in practice it is extremely difficult to coordinate, regulate and enforce. "
As Disney Land world of surfing, Mentawai Islands are flocking by around 5,000 to 7,000 surfers every year. Many a time, surfers visiting them will remain on Ships chartered, binging on Stars, getting barreled out of their minds, and then leave after a few days - slightly lagged impact on the local economy. But the new tax hopes to change that.
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