PP 36/2024 and Komodo National Park: the rule behind the fee and the fine

By Komodo National Park Fee Editorial Desk

Sourced figures: fees in the table carry their source and check month. They are official or third-party figures, not our offers, and they change. This guide is not the park authority.

PP 36/2024 is the Indonesian government regulation that sets non-tax state revenue tariffs at the environment and forestry ministry, including entrance tickets for Komodo National Park. In force since 30 October 2024, it fixes the ticket classes, a holiday multiple for Indonesian visitors and a fine of five times the normal ticket for entering without one.

What does PP 36/2024 mean for Komodo National Park?

PP stands for Peraturan Pemerintah, a government regulation. The full subject of number 36 of 2024 is the types and tariffs of non-tax state revenue at the environment and forestry ministry. Non-tax state revenue is known in Indonesian as PNBP, and it is the reason park tickets read as a state charge rather than a price set by a company. The regulation is the legal basis of the Komodo National Park fee.

According to the Indonesian audit board database, the regulation was enacted on 30 September 2024, took effect on 30 October 2024, and has the status in force. The park head told Antara that it replaced Government Regulation 12/2014. The same official told CNN Indonesia that the increase reflected inflation in the decade since the old rule, averaging 3.65% a year. That is the official's explanation of the rise. The regulation is the legal instrument, and the reasoning is reported through press interviews.

Nothing on this page is legal advice. It is a plain-English reading of Indonesian texts, and if a dispute depends on exact wording you should work from the Indonesian original.

How do the regulation, the minister's rule and the poster fit together?

Three documents do three separate jobs, which is why people looking for "the Komodo fee regulation" can land on different files.

The price table on this page shows the entrance lines from the poster and the fine from the regulation's table. If a line on the poster and a line in a blog disagree, trace it back through this chain. The regulation and the poster outrank a third-party summary, and that remains true however recent the summary claims to be.

Why is Komodo in Class 1?

The class is an administrative placement. Forestry Minister Regulation 17/2025 places Komodo National Park in Class 1 of national park entrance tickets, and PP 36/2024's Class 1 foreign tariff matches the figure on the park's poster. The documents give the placement but no reasons for it, so any explanation of why Komodo earned that class would be speculation. What a reader can do is confirm the match: the class in the minister's rule, the tariff in the appendix to the regulation, and the same figure on the poster all line up.

The same minister's regulation lists eight entry points for Komodo: Komodo Visitor Center, Loh Buaya, Padar Selatan, Loh Liang, Gili Lawa, Kampung Komodo, Kampung Rinca and Kampung Kerora. The siora.id site separately describes Loh Buaya and Loh Liang as two of "seven entrance gates". The two counts differ. If a specific point matters to your plans, ask the park authority how it is treated today.

How is the holiday price set?

By a multiple. The appendix to the regulation sets the holiday price for Indonesian tourists and student groups in national parks at 150% of the normal tariff. To work it out, take the normal line and multiply by one and a half. The two Indonesian rows in the price table show the result: the Sunday and holiday figure is exactly half as much again as the weekday figure.

The line does not mention foreign tourists, and that omission matters. A foreign visitor should not apply the 150% multiple by assumption. Our page on the Komodo National Park entrance fee explains how the foreign rate is treated across days of the week.

What happens without a ticket?

Four rows from three sources can apply.

The visit protocol prohibits entering without buying the state ticket and the activity tickets required under PP 36/2024, and classes this as a heavy violation. The protocol names activity tickets too.

The fine's unit makes it grow quickly. Because it runs per person or unit per day, two people staying three days without tickets come to six person-days, and each is multiplied by five. That gives thirty normal tickets on a straight reading of the table. CNN Indonesia reports the head saying up to five times; the table states five times. The texts cited here do not say whether the fine replaces the ticket or comes on top of it, so do not treat this sum as a prediction of any actual outcome.

If you are travelling with a company, ask who holds responsibility for tickets for each person and day. The protocol sanctions both tourists and agents; it does not say how responsibility is split.

Can a tariff be set to zero?

In principle yes, but that does not give you an exemption. Article 14 of the regulation allows tariffs to be set as low as zero under certain considerations and leaves the details to a ministerial regulation. It does not itself name children, residents or any other group.

A clause like this is easy to over-read. It does not establish any exemption at Komodo. The park's poster separates foreign and Indonesian tourists and gives no line for residents or for children. If you hold a residence permit or are travelling with a child, the right step is to ask the park authority and keep the answer in writing. Do not assume a rate from this clause.

The rule itself can change as well. Our page on Komodo National Park fee changes tracks what has shifted since 2024, and there is no 2027 tariff announcement to cite.

What should you ask when someone cites this regulation?

If a seller cites PP 36/2024 to justify a line in a quote, that citation can be tested, because the regulation deals with state revenue at the ministry and says nothing about what a private company adds for its own services. Three questions usually settle it.

1. Which row? Ask for the row in the appendix or on the park poster that the charge comes from, then read that row yourself, including its unit.
2. Who collects it? A state ticket is a state charge. A boat, a guide arrangement or a service margin may be perfectly fair, but it should carry its own name.
3. Is the rule the current one? A figure traced back to PP 12/2014 belongs to the earlier rule, which the park head said was replaced.

If a line has no row behind it, that alone does not make it improper. It only means this regulation cannot be the reason for it, and the seller should name another.

What else do people ask about the regulation?

What are the Komodo National Park regulations on fees?

The main ones are Government Regulation 36/2024, which sets tariffs and the fine, and Forestry Minister Regulation 17/2025, which places Komodo in Class 1. The park's visit protocol adds sanctions for violations.

What is PNBP in Komodo?

PNBP is non-tax state revenue. Komodo entrance and activity tickets fall under the PNBP tariffs of the forestry side of government, set by Government Regulation 36/2024.

How is the Komodo holiday rate calculated?

For Indonesian tourists and student groups, the regulation sets the holiday price at 150% of the normal tariff. The line does not mention foreign tourists, so do not apply the multiple to a foreign ticket.

Why is Komodo in Class 1 for entrance tickets?

Forestry Minister Regulation 17/2025 places it there. The linked documents do not explain the reasons. The Class 1 foreign tariff in PP 36/2024 matches the figure on the park's poster.

Is there an English version of PP 36 of 2024?

The copies linked on this page are the Indonesian texts. This page is a plain-English reading, not an official translation and not legal advice.

Which sources support this page?

• PP 36/2024 status, audit board database
• PP 36/2024 full text, audit board
• PP 36/2024 appendix, BKSDA Jakarta copy
• Forestry Minister Regulation 17/2025
• Park visit protocol
• Park authority tariff poster
• siora.id destination text
• Antara on the new tariff
• CNN Indonesia on the tariff change

How do I reach the desk?

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