Menparekraf Sandiaga Invites Tourist Tourists To Tourism Villages

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JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Uno hopes that there will be more tourists visiting tourist villages with various potentials.

While attending the Jogja Halal Fest at JEC, Sandiaga prepared two tourist villages for people who want to travel, especially in the Special Region of Yogyakarta.

"I prepared two tourist destinations (in DIY) that won the 2022 Indonesian Tourism Village Award event, namely the Tepus tourist village in Gunungkidul and the Widosatri tourist village in Kulon Progo," Sandiaga said in his statement, Saturday, November 5.

The potential of tourist villages in DIY is very diverse, apart from the tourist villages of Tepus and Widosatri, he introduced several other tourist villages that were no less attractive and worth visiting.

The Nglanggeran world champion tourism village that entered and received special appreciation from the Secretary-General of the UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization). In Kulonprogo there is Tinalah's tourist village. In addition, in Bantul there was a tourist village Kaki Langit, and yesterday the one who managed to break the record and received a sustainable tourism award was the tourist village of wukirsari," he said.

These are new destinations, (tourists) don't go back to the old and the same place, but visit this amazing tourist village and enjoy the beauty of Yogyakarta," he continued.

Sandi also continued, currently tourism is very advanced with the entry of digitalization. According to him, digitalization of tourism has greatly increased, where currently almost all reservations and registrations are through digital, including digital payments via QRIS.

"Tourism products per 7 months have increased to more than Rp40 billion. I see this is an unstoppable trend, our necessity is to move towards digital tourism," he said.

Sandi also emphasized that currently tourist villages are also adopting digital tourism.

Moreover, one of the requirements contested in the Indonesian Tourism Village Award is the existence of creative content and digital content, including the sale of souvenirs that can be purchased at the market place.

"But the obstacle is a signal, so we cooperate with Kominfo and several telecommunications operators and their commitment to tourist destinations will be prioritized," he concluded.

The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf) continues to introduce the potential of tourism and the creative economy of the best tourist villages in Indonesia. One of them is by holding the 2022 Indonesian Tourism Village Award (ADWI) event.