Tourism Calendar Launched, There Are 12 Featured Events For Vacation Options In Yogyakarta

Photo illustration of Yogyakarta (Source: Antara)

JAKARTA - The City of Yogyakarta launched the 2022 Tourism Calendar which contains 12 leading tourism events or activities that tourists can enjoy, starting with the XVI Chinese Culture Week which will be held in February 2022.

"We have included 12 leading tourism events. The tourism activities included in the Jogja 2022 Calendar of Event (CoE) are activities that are certain to be held," said Head of the Tourism Marketing Division of the Yogyakarta City Tourism Office Andrini Wirawati in Yogyakarta, Saturday, December 11. .

The flagship activities included in CoE Jogja 2022 are not only tourism activities held by local governments but also activities organized by other parties to cultural institutions.

In addition to the XVI Chinese Culture Week which started the series of events, a Jogjavaganza will also be held in the same month followed by Grebeg Syawal and ArtJog 2022 which will be held in May.

In July, tourists can enjoy Kangen Market followed by Siraman Pusaka in August and Sekati Yk Ing Mal in September. In October, there will be four tourism events, namely Wayang Jogja Night Carnival #7 which has also been included in the national tourism calendar, Grebeg Maulud, Biennale, and Kustomfest.

Meanwhile, Ngayogjazz will conclude the CoE Jogja 2022 series in November. The launch of the tourist calendar is expected to attract tourists to come to Yogyakarta because they can plan ahead of time to travel, although it is possible that there are still some restrictions due to the pandemic.

"Hopefully, there will be an increase in tourist visits to Yogyakarta," he said.

In 2019, tourist visits to Yogyakarta were recorded at 3.8 million people and decreased to 1.3 million tourists in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, this year it is estimated that the number of tourist visits by the end of the year will reach 1.2 million people and by 2022 it is targeted to increase to 1.4 million people.

In addition to launching CoE Jogja 2022 which contains featured events, the Yogyakarta City Tourism Office has also made a new innovation, namely Clara or the Daily Calendar of Events. The Yogyakarta City Tourism Office collaborates with tourism actors from PHRI and Asita to promote the daily tourism calendar.

"There will be shows that will be shown at hotels and in travel agencies regarding daily tourism activities that tourists can enjoy while in Yogyakarta," he said.

In addition, the Yogyakarta City Government has also established tourism promotion cooperation with the Surakarta City Government in the form of a joint tourism promotion video between the two cities showing tourism potential such as attractions, culinary, tourist destinations, and creative industries.