Regent Ade Yasin: Bogor Has 416 Villages That Have Potential For Tourism, Some Have Been Visited By Sandiaga Uno

Bogor Regent, Ade Yasin. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Bogor Regent Ade Yasin said that as many as 416 villages out of 436 villages in the region have tourism potential that can be managed as a source of economic growth.

"We must further increase this potential without destroying nature. If this tourist village does not damage nature, it only needs to be organized and managed", he said in Cibinong, Bogor, West Java, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, June 2.

According to him, of the hundreds of villages that have tourism potential, 35 of them are now tourism villages, one of which is Tugu Selatan Village, which the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahudin Uno visited last week.

"We only have 35 tourist villages, and we will continue to increase that potential, one of which is by organizing a tourist village competition. We need cooperation, not only with the village", he explained.

Ade Yasin hopes that the Village Consultative Body (BPD) and the community are involved in promoting the creative economy in each village so that it can improve the village economy.

"So we want each village to increase its potential and look more beautiful when we continue to hold this tourist village competition", said Ade.

He considers that during this pandemic, natural tourism is increasingly in demand by tourists. The reason is, people are getting bored with their activities in confined spaces.