Clean Up Kuta Beach Garbage, Bali's Kemenpar-Poltekpar Intervenes

Kuta beach illustration (Unsplash)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Tourism together with the Bali Tourism Polytechnic (Poltekpar) intervened to clean up the garbage sent at Kuta Beach, Badung Regency, to support the sustainability of one of the leading tourist destinations on the Island of the Gods.

"The problem of garbage in marine destinations requires awareness and concrete actions, including the government, tourism managers, the public to tourists," said Tourism Minister (Menpar) Widiyanti Putri Wardhana as reported by ANTARA.

In the social activity entitled Marine Waste Cleaning Action initiated by the Ministry of Environment, Bali Police have deployed around 500 people, including students.

He explained that the concrete action was one of the efforts to overcome the pile of garbage sent at the beach attraction, which recently received the spotlight of domestic and foreign tourists.

Menpar revealed that the clean action of marine debris was in line with the declaration of a clean tourism movement which was one of the flagship programs of the Ministry of Tourism in 2025.

He hopes that the involvement of the government and community components, including those from Poltekpar Bali universities, will serve as an example to support clean homeland tourist destinations.

Meanwhile, the Director of Bali Police, Dr. Ida Bagus Putu Puja, M.Kes, on the same occasion added that his party was trying to support the government's efforts to advance tourism and preserve nature.

"As Balinese people, we are aware that tourism plays an important role in the economic sector, especially this holiday season," he said.

Puja added that his party is trying to contribute to increasing the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

There is also a social action to clean up the shipment of garbage, he said, is closely related to the 14th goal in the SDGs, namely the ocean ecosystem, then the 15th destination, namely the mainland and 17th ecosystem related to partnerships to achieve goals.

He explained that by draining waste from shipments/plastics, it is hoped that it will have a positive impact on marine ecosystems and preserve the land ecosystem through partnerships for cleaning and handling waste.

The clean action of marine debris was attended by a total of 2,115 people from various circles attended by the Coordinating Minister (Menko) for Food Zulkifli Hasan, Minister of Environment Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, and Minister of Basic and Secondary Education Abdul Mu'ti.

In addition, Deputy Minister of Environment Diaz Hendropriyono, Special Envoy for the President for Tourism Zita Anjani, Acting Governor of Bali Sang Made Mahendra Jaya, and Badung Regent Giri Prasta.

Then, Pangdam IX/Udayana, Polda Bali, Korem 163/Wira Satya and other relevant agencies.