Kemenpar Collaboration With The Ministry Of Villages: Strengthen Village Development To Realize 6th Asta Cita
The Ministry of Tourism (Kemenpar) collaborates with the Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions (Kemendes PDT) to strengthen village development in supporting the achievement of President Prabowo Subianto's 6th Asta Cita, namely building from villages and from below for economic equality and poverty eradication.
This collaboration was marked by the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Minister of Tourism (Menpar) Widiyanti Putri Wardhana and the Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions (Mendes PDT) Yandri Susanto, Thursday) 27/2/2024) at the Operational Room, Kemendes PDT.
Menpar Widiyanti said that the scope of this memorandum of understanding includes a number of things. Among them are collaborations to increase village competitiveness at the national, regional and international levels through strengthening human resource capacity (HR) and community empowerment.
Together with a number of ministers from the Red and White Cabinet, today I signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions and the Ministry of Tourism. This effort is in line with the realization of the 6th Asta Cita Presiden Prabowo," said Menpar Widiyanti.
In line with the Tourism Village program developed by the Ministry of Tourism so far, Menpar hopes that this collaboration can encourage economic growth in various underdeveloped villages and regions, while improving the quality and competitiveness of more villages so that they can become sustainable leading tourist destinations.
Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions (Mendes PDT) Yandri Susanto said that there are thousands of tourist villages that already have high income. He also wants other villages in Indonesia to be able to have similar incomes by developing village-based tourist destinations so that they can improve the local economy.
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"Imagine if we do that well, this village-based destination can improve the economy in the area," said Mendes Yandri.
Also attending to accompany Menpar Widiyanti, Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism, Bayu Aji; Deputy for Destination Development and Infrastructure of the Ministry of Tourism, Hariyanto; and Assistant Deputy for Community Empowerment of the Ministry of Tourism, Florida Pardosi.