JAKARTA - The West Nusa Tenggara Tourism Office will improve standard operating procedures (SOP) for climbing Mount Rinjani as an effort to anticipate and prevent accidents such as those experienced by Brazilian climber Juliana Marins.

Head of the NTB Tourism Office (Dispar), Ahmad Nur Aulia, said that the improvement of the climbing SOP to Rinjani was to improve quality, security and comfort in tourist destinations.

"So this is to provide comfort and security for tourists who climb Rinjani," he said in Mataram, Saturday.

According to him, the improvement in climbing to Rinjani was voiced together in a group discussion that was attended by a number of parties, starting with tourism actors, the Gunung Rinjani National Park (TNGR), Rinjani Geopark, academics, tourism associations, Rinjani forum and the Sasak Customary Council (MAS).

"There are many suggestions and suggestions so that we can provide comfort and security for tourists who want to climb to Rinjani," explained Aulia.

In addition to improving the climbing SOP, in his discussion with the parties, namely how to form a working group for Mount Rinjani tourist destination management. Including, creating an integrated command post and crisis communication management when an accident occurs while climbing.

"So the incident of the fall of Juliana Marins is a valuable experience for all parties to improve the climb to Rinjani. Especially, how to save and evacuate in the event of an accident on the climb, including building communication and information to the public in the event of an incident so that opinion to the public can be made clear," he said.


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