Respected And Respected By The World, 60 Percent Of Indonesian Tourism Based On Culture

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf) said, there are 60 percent of Indonesia's tourism products based on culture, including local wisdom in them so that they are highly respected and respected by the world.

"Until now, our cultural wealth is still preserved, preserved and maintained," said Deputy for Destination Development and Infrastructure of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf) Hariyanto quoting Antara.

Therefore, he continued, Indonesia's tourism potential was contributed by local cultural wealth and wisdom of around 60 percent as well, the rest is natural wealth of 35 percent with more than 17 thousand islands and a wider and land stretch, and five percent artificial tourism.

He gave an example, one of the potential tourism products is the Seba Celebration by the Baduy community.

"Seba's celebration is not only used as a spectacle, but has the meaning to remind the public to protect and preserve nature," he said.

He said, on the agenda, the elders of the Baduy community always reminded the local government to protect 53 mountains in Lebak Regency so as not to be damaged.

So far, he said, the Baduy community has made a big contribution to protecting nature and maintaining and preserving it.

"We hope that the Seba Celebration carried out by the Baduy community is cultural values that must be maintained, cared for and maintained because they can bring in tourists," he said.

Baduy traditional leader Responsibility 12 Djaro Saidi Putra said the Baduy community has been consistent in maintaining, caring for, maintaining and preserving cultural values.

One of them is the Seba Celebration, which is a culture to establish harmony between the Baduy community and local governments so that they can strengthen unity and integrity.

The Seba 2025 celebration was attended by 1,769 people consisting of the Baduy Luar group who wore black clothes and traditional blue headbands (lomars) and 100 Baduy Dalam groups wearing white clothes and white "lomars".

The Baduy community annually holds the Seba Celebration as an expression of gratitude by bringing produce in a year to regional heads.

"We hope that the Baduy community who cultivate in the fields can live prosperous lives with an increase in the economy," he said.

Meanwhile, Lebak Regent Mochamad Hasbi Asyidiki said the local government preserves the cultural values of the Baduy community with the Seba celebration which is held every year.

"Seba's celebration is expected to be realized to help each other and help each other in the midst of people's lives," he said.