Kemendes PDTT Encourages Tourism Villages To Provide Applications For Promotion

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (Kemendes PDTT) encourages tourist villages managed by Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) and BUMDes Bersama (BUMDesma) to provide the Nusantara Tourism Village application as a village promotion medium. The nearest village at our location makes it easier for us to visit one or more Tourism Villages at a time," said PDTT Minister of Village Abdul Halim Iskandar in a written statement received in Jakarta, Friday, June 24. easy access to information on surrounding destinations including access, facilities and others. "This makes it easier for us to visit many places at one time. Through this application we can also measure how BUMDes and BUMDesma promote villages," he said at the BUMN/Private CSR program award ceremony and Promotion of Nusantara Tourism Village.

He stated that there are 1,407 village tourist destinations managed by BUMDes and BUMDesma and have been registered in the archipelago tourism village application. On that occasion, Mendes PDTT also said that the partnership between BUMN and the private sector through the corporate social responsibility (CSR) program with BUMDes and BUMDesma was enough to help accelerate the pace of the village economy.

"This is in line with the 17th Village SDGs goal, namely the Partnership for Village Development," he said.

According to him, CSR programs from BUMN and BUMN that touch the realm of empowering rural communities will have an impact on village progress. "CSR partnerships can be in the form of entrepreneurship training and BUMDes management, BUMDes assistance, capital support, production facilities and others," he explained. Indonesian President Ma'ruf Amin said tourist villages are a form of community based tourism that is inclusive in nature, both human resources and existing SMEs. "One thing that needs to be encouraged is the willingness of stakeholders to attract visitors or tourists. Thus promotion is the key. from the development of tourist villages," he said.