The Cake Village In Rungkut Surabaya Will Be Reorganized

Mayor of Surabaya Eri Cahyadi/PHOTO VIA ANTARA

SURABAYA - Surabaya Mayor Eri Cahyadi plans to reorganize the Cake Village in Rungkut Lor Gang II, Kali Rungkut Village, Rungkut District, Surabaya City, East Java, into a Cake Tourism Village.

"Later, I will bring a curation team and make a (good) sing booth. But later I won't change the price, so the cakes produced can still be used as wholesalers," said Mayor Eri during a visit to Kampung Kue, quoted by Antara, Friday, December 24. .

According to him, the rearrangement in Kampung Kue includes everything from cake packaging, promotions, giving booths for each cake product to arranging the village.

In addition, he continued, the Surabaya City Government will also cooperate with universities in the process, starting from promotions through social media (Sosmed) or digitally, education about the taste and packaging of cakes and so on.

"I want in January 2022 so that later when tourists visit Surabaya, it will feel less if they don't visit Kampung Kue Tourism. Moreover, there will also be coastal tourism in Romokalisari, Sontoh Laut and Romansa Tunjungan," he said.

Mayor Eri Cahyadi's wish was well received by residents of Rungkut Lor Gang II, one of whom was Elfa Susanti. Elfa said he was happy if the cake village would become a tourist area because previously the residents of Rungkut Lor Gang II had long dreamed that the village could be used as a culinary tourism destination and an icon in the City of Heroes.

"Surely there will be pride if later the cake village can be used as a tour. Especially when there are guests from the mayor, then invited to visit here (cake village), indeed his ideals have always been in line with the mayor," said Elfa.

The owner of the MSME brand Dieva Cake said that he hopes that in early 2022 the Surabaya City Government will be able to add supporting facilities and infrastructure to make the atmosphere of the cake village even better.

"Hopefully, tourists will be able to visit anytime, in the morning, afternoon or even at night. Then there will be product displays and so on that can be displayed later," said Elfa.

It is known, currently the number of SMEs in the cake village is approximately 63 cake SMEs. Dozens of MSMEs have also been registered in the Kali Rungkut Village and have been digitally registered on the Kampung Kue website.

"I thank the Mayor, God willing, next year it can soon become a cake tourism village," he said.