Depok Beach, Beautiful Beach In Jogja

When we are entering Depok beach in Bantul province, we are really impressed by its cleanliness. There are no garbages scatter around on the shore. We are more impressed when we drink a glass of young coconut water. Its price is cheap. We just pays Rp. 2000,- a glass, comparing what we have got at other beaches in Bantul.

Cleanliness and cheap price is a brand image built by local people who is responsible to manage Depok beach. The building of brand image is agreed by young men group managing parking lot, sellers, and restaurant owners.

Cheap image is also felt by visitors. Parking tariff for motocycle is just Rp. 2000, and car is Rp. 4000. It is very different with parking tariff at Parangtritis beach which Rp. 3000 for motocylce and Rp. 10000 for cars. The price of restaurants are also normal.

Moreover, local people also prohibits street musician and beggar to step into Depok coast location. "We try to learn from other place. The existence of Street musician and beggar make tourists can not enjoy themselves. Unfortunatelly, they even force tourist to give them money," said Minah, one of restaurantr owner at Depok beach.

Depok beach serves a very beautiful panorama. The rolling of the wave seems unite with fishermen activities. There are around 30 active fishermans go out to sea. The existence of Fisherman makes this area have quite a lot of fishes supplies.

Not far from the coast, there is Fish Auction Building (In Indonesian: TPI = tempat pelelangan ikan) reserved for the activities of local fisherman business. usually, fish merchants buys fishes here and then sell them to the fish market not far from the auction building.

The abundant of fish supplies makes Depok beach crowded with food stalls and restaurants. So not only its beautiful beach, but also food that make Depok beach peculiar. You can taste freely all type of sea food such as prawn, crab, cokle and many kinds of fishes

Uniquely, many food stalls here just offer fish cooking service. The cookery materials can be bought at fish market or directly from fisherman. Fisherman at Depok beach also actively sell their capture directly from their boats. After you get your choice fishes, you can bring them to the food stalls to cook. Its fare depends on the kinds of cookery you choose. For example, the fare for frying is Rp. 5000 / kg.

PROP AREA

The government of Bantul sub-province intentionally designs Depok coast as a tourism object. "Depok will become the prop area of Parangtritis beach. Visitors in Parangtritis are expected halting to at Depok, especially when they want to eat. To facilitate transportation, we will immediately deliver connective transportation for both areas." said the head of Bantul Tourism Bureau, Suyoto.

Although Depok beach is just positioned as a prop area, its development is more incredible. Many tourism buses prefer halting at Depok to Parangtritis. So it is not exaggarated if Depok beach is the strong competitor of Parangtritis.

The location of Depok beach is not far from Parangtritis and is easy to reach by tourist. When visitors arrive at Parangtritis ticketing locket, they just turn their vehicle at right. It needs approximately half an hour to reach it if you leave from Jogja. So why do you not try to go there?
(Eny- Kompas)