Klungkung keeps Diamond Beach open but halts private entrance fees

Klungkung — Klungkung authorities are keeping Diamond Beach in Pejukutan village, Nusa Penida, open to visitors while ordering operators to stop charging their own entrance fees and suspending several unlicensed businesses at the site, according to regional officials and local media reports on Thursday, 10 September 2026.

Head of the Klungkung Tourism Office I Gusti Agung Gde Putra Mahajaya said the beach itself had not been closed and remains accessible to tourists. He explained that operators are prohibited from collecting any form of independently imposed retribution while building permits and other licensing issues for supporting facilities are resolved.

The clarification follows earlier enforcement actions targeting restaurants, accommodation and attractions in the Diamond Beach area that were found to be operating without complete permits, including Persetujuan Bangunan Gedung (PBG) building approval. Klungkung Regent I Made Satria has also stated that the closure measures apply to business units rather than the beach as a destination, and visitors may still come to the shore but are not allowed to use unlicensed facilities.

What visitors should expect

Visitors can continue to travel to Diamond Beach, but they should not be charged the previously reported independently collected entrance fee of Rp60,000 per person while the prohibition on private retribution is in force, according to Mahajaya. The tourism office has not announced a new site-specific entrance fee for this interim period.

Local reporting indicates that parking remains possible at the location, though officials have not publicly detailed tariff levels or operators, and payment arrangements for parking were not specified in the available statements.

A flying fox attraction at Diamond Beach has been identified by the tourism office as operating without the necessary authorization and is among the facilities ordered to stop. Regional authorities have also highlighted restaurants and other supporting businesses in the area whose operations have been temporarily halted pending completion of permits.

Key figures and operating rules reported by local media and tourism guidance sites include:

• Previously collected independent combined entrance fee for Diamond Beach and Atuh Beach: Rp60,000 per person, charged by the site operator.
• Regency-level tourism attraction levy under Regional Regulation No. 4 of 2026: Rp25,000 per foreign tourist per attraction in Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan, effective 1 September 2026.
• Currently permitted payment-related activity mentioned in reports: parking, with details not publicly specified.
• Attraction singled out as not allowed to operate due to licensing issues: a flying fox at Diamond Beach.

Permit review and future fee system

The enforcement stems from tourism facilities on the cliffs and nearby commercial points that were found not to have completed required permits, including PBG building approval. Satpol PP officers and regional officials have said business operators agreed to suspend operations temporarily while they work to obtain the necessary documentation.

Mahajaya said the local government is monitoring businesses in the Diamond Beach area while the licensing process continues and is coordinating with operators and relevant agencies to improve compliance and site management. Once permits and management arrangements are in place, the tourism office plans to involve Diamond Beach’s management in collecting a Daya Tarik Wisata (DTW) levy in line with the regency’s attraction-fee regulation.

Under Regional Regulation No. 4 of 2026, Klungkung has introduced a DTW levy of Rp25,000 per foreign adult visitor and Rp15,000 per foreign child at each tourist attraction in Nusa Penida and nearby islands, separate from any island entry fee and applicable from 1 September 2026. This regulated levy differs from the Rp60,000 entrance charge previously collected independently by the Diamond Beach operator, which officials have moved to halt until licensing at the site is regularised.

Context

Diamond Beach is located in Pejukutan village on the eastern side of Nusa Penida, within Klungkung Regency. The current policy follows a period of heightened scrutiny of construction and commercial facilities at the attraction, during which authorities first ordered unlicensed operations to stop and later clarified that the beach itself would remain open to visitors.

For visitors, the practical sequence is that unlicensed businesses and a flying fox attraction have been suspended, privately imposed entrance fees have been prohibited pending permit completion, the beach remains accessible, and a regulated DTW levy of Rp25,000 per attraction for foreign tourists is in place under regency rules.

Sources

• detikBali
• Bali Post
• Tribun Bali
• Go Bali Go (gobaligo.id)