Ministry Of Religion Initiates Prambanan Temple Religious Tourism

Prambanan Temple/PHOTO VIA ANTARA

SLEMAN - The Ministry of Religion initiated to offer religious tour packages at the Prambanan Temple complex which is located on the border of Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region and Klaten Regency, Central Java.

"We are currently working on this religious tourism. We are still struggling to realize a memorandum of understanding with other stakeholders," said the Director of Religious Affairs at the Directorate General of Hindu Guidance at the Ministry of Religion Trimo in Prambanan, Wednesday, December 22.

According to him, it is hoped that Prambanan Temple can become a center for the development of spiritual values and Hindu civilization of the archipelago for the world.

"Prambanan temple has extraordinary spiritual values, for that we must show and spread it so that the values born from the spirit of the archipelago can be an inspiration to the world," he said.

Trimo said that currently his party is continuing to work so that the memorandum of understanding can be realized immediately.

"Because the religious tourism package will begin to be implemented when the memorandum of understanding has been signed," he added.

He said the agencies that participated in the signing of the memorandum of understanding consisted of several ministries.

"These ministries include the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, the Ministry of SOEs, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology and other sectors," continued Trimo.

Trimo said, it is hoped that next year this religious tour package can be implemented.

"Later on, this religious tourism will also provide space and support all activities, both cultural, market activities and religious activities and community activities around Prambanan Temple," he said.

Marketing and Service Director of PT Taman Wisata Candi (TWC) Borobudur, Prambanan and Ratu Boko Hetty Herawati stated that their party supports the plan for the Prambanan Temple religious tour package.

"Even in the Prambanan Temple area, it can be a historical indicator that tolerance has grown since ancient times. This is shown by the existence of Hindu temples and Buddhist temples in the Prambanan Temple complex," he said.

According to him, Prambanan Temple is not only owned by some people, it is a great Indonesian cultural asset owned by the state that can provide the greatest benefit to the community.

"We are well aware that this is a common property belonging to the state, even to the world, therefore we support all of its activities, one of which was religious tourism," he said.

The Directorate General of Hindu Community Guidance at the Ministry of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia in collaboration with PT Taman Wisata Candi (TWC) held the Prambanan Conference which is the 30th anniversary of Prambanan Temple as a World Cultural Heritage at the Rama Sinta Complex, Prambanan Temple Environment, Yogyakarta on Wednesday, December 22.

In this activity, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno hopes that the use of Prambanan Temple as a world cultural heritage will also have a positive impact on the surrounding community.

"We hope that the use of Prambanan Temple as a world cultural heritage will bring positive impacts from the cultural, economic and social sectors to the surrounding community," said Sandiaga, who was present virtually via Zoom Meeting.