TPR Baron Officers Caught Stockpiling Printed Tickets Before Any Visitors Arrive
Commission B of the Gunungkidul DPRD revealed that officers at the Tempat Pemungutan Retribusi (TPR) for Pantai Baron tourist site in Gunungkidul had prepared stacks of printed tickets before any visitors arrived.
“No visitors yet, but the officers had already prepared sheets of MPOS prints. It’s like they were stockpiling,” said Ery Agustin Sudiyanti, a member of Commission B of the Gunungkidul DPRD, when contacted by reporters on Monday (13/4/2026).
MPOS is a mobile point of sale, a modern cash register system based on mobile devices such as tablets. This system processes digital payments, scans barcodes, and prints receipts directly from the device.
“Because what we found at that time, the MPOS received by one of Commission B members was already past the time, not up to date when he entered. So entered at 10 a.m. but the ticket shows 9 o’clock, and the number of people matches what’s on the print,” she said.
Ery also questioned who paid for those already printed levy tickets.
“Our question is, when there are no visitors, who would cover those printed sheets. Or is it MPOS prints that have actually been sold, but the visitors didn’t take them,” she said.
Ery admitted to having communicated with the Gunungkidul Tourism, Creative Economy, Youth, and Sports Office (Disparekrafpora) regarding the findings. According to her, the non-real-time MPOS prints or those not matching visitor entry times could lead to leakage of local original revenue (PAD).
“This is one part of our oversight, because tickets could be sold double and that could be a leakage (PAD),” she said.
Response from Gunungkidul Regency Government
Secretary of the Gunungkidul Tourism, Creative Economy, Youth, and Sports Office (Disparekrafpora), Eko Nur Cahyo, admitted to knowing about the incident. Eko has also delved into the findings with the guarding officers.
“From field cross-checks, the ticket printing was to anticipate queues. But according to regulations, ticket printing should be done simultaneously with the transaction,” he said.
Regarding the one-hour time gap between the ticket time and the transaction time at TPR, Eko assessed that it does not comply with procedures. According to him, tolerance for levy ticket printing is 2-3 minutes before the transaction occurs.
“If more than that, it could lead to misuse,” he said.
Therefore, Eko admitted to immediately maximising non-cash payments for tourist levies. Eko also asked tourists to be more vigilant when receiving levy tickets from TPR officers.
“We will maximise non-cash payments, so tourists only receive the ticket after paying. And if the ticket has ‘customer copy’ written on it, don’t refuse it, because it cannot be used again for transactions,” he concluded.
TPR Officers Rotated
Previously reported, the Gunungkidul Disparekrafpora stated that three TPR officers were rotated following negligence in serving tourists. The three are part-time Government Employees with Work Agreements (PPPK).
Head of Destination Development Division of Gunungkidul Disparekrafpora, Nanang Putranto, said the officers were assigned to the Tempat Pemungutan Retribusi (TPR) on the Jalur Jalan Lintas Selatan (JJLS) Baron route. Currently, the three are no longer on duty at that TPR.
“From the TPR JJLS where the incident happened yesterday, we rotated three TPR officers,” he said when contacted by detikJogja on Sunday (12/4/2026).
In detail, continued Nanang, one officer was transferred to the Gunungkidul Disparekrafpora office. That one is the one negligent in serving tourists when paying levies at TPR JJLS Baron.
“One person we moved to the office for guidance, while the other two we rotated to other TPRs,” he said.
Regarding their employment status, Nanang stated that they are under the Gunungkidul Disparekrafpora.
“The three are part-time PPPK,” he said.
In addition, Nanang admitted to emphasising to TPR officers to provide maximum service to tourists, especially during tourist levy payments. All this to prevent similar incidents from recurring.
“We continue to emphasise and remind our officers to provide maximum service to tourists, particularly in checking tickets given to tourists,” he said.
Viral Ticket Not Matching Tourist Numbers
Previously, a post narrating four tourists who paid a Rp60,000 levy fee but the payment receipt only recorded Rp30,000 at the southern Gunungkidul beach TPR went viral on social media.
“Permission to report, admin, regarding Gunungkidul beach entry tickets, yesterday payment for 8 people/120k but the ticket only shows 4 people/60k. Today payment for 4 people/60k but the ticket only shows 2 people/30k, and the reason is always program error… for example, others like this. Where did the rest go?,” wrote the Instagram account @info_gunungkidul a few days ago.