Sandiaga Encourages Kuningan Regency To Develop Community-Based Products

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno. Photo: Doc. Kemenparekraf

JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno encouraged Kuningan Regency, West Java, to develop tourism products and the creative economy owned through the concept of community-based tourism.

Sandiaga said Kuningan Regency has various tourist attractions, ranging from historical tourism with the Linggarjati Agreement, natural tourism with Mount Ciremai National Park, and others.

According to him, if the development of tourism potential involves local human resources, the economy in the Kuningan area will also increase and be more prosperous. In addition, the development of community-based tourism is also in line with sustainable tourism.

"The president's target this year is 1.4 billion domestic tourists. This can be realized if we all collaborate. We also need a tourist attraction packaged with a community-based tourism approach so that the economic impact is felt evenly," Sandiaga said in his official statement, Wednesday, March 1.

For example, the Community-based J&J Educational Tourism Object and Dirgantara visited by Sandiaga recently. According to him, these tourist attractions are able to attract as many as two thousand visitors in a week and can open up more jobs.

At the tourist attraction, there was a Fokker 100 aircraft produced in 1986 in the Netherlands. This aircraft was presented at J&J as a means of education for prospective pilgrims and Umrah, as well as for children. In addition, there are also 105 BO helicopters, minizoos with various animals such as fish, reptiles, and various types of birds.

Furthermore, Sandiaga said, the potential for the creative economy in Kuningan is also very large. This can be seen from a number of products, such as processed sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes that have been successfully exported to Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Japan.

"Let's collaborate to ensure economic revival and community welfare, especially in Kuningan Regency," he added.