Empowering MSMEs, 19 Tourism Villages In Southeast Sulawesi Enter The 2023 ADWI Category

Indonesian Tourism Village Award (ADWI) 2023 (@kemenparekraf.ri)

A total of 19 tourist villages in Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) managed to qualify for the top 500 category of the 2023 Indonesian Tourism Village Award (ADWI).

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Uno in the announcement of the top 500 ADWI 2023 on his social media @kemenparekraf.ri, visited in Kendari, Sunday, said that ADWI 2023 was attended by 4,573 tourist villages throughout Indonesia.

"ADWI participants since 2021 have very high enthusiasm and are full of consistency from people throughout Indonesia," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, March 19.

He explained that the villages participating in the ADWI event had had a significant economic impact on local micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

He said that the selection until it managed to enter the top 500 ADWI category was carried out strictly and had to go through several stages of selection with various aspects of assessment.

"ADWI 2023 has reached the curation stage, based on the jury's assessment of five categories of classification assessments of tourist villages and complete data through the Tourism Village Networking website (Jadesta)," he explained.

Sandiaga Uno said that with the entry of 500 tourist villages, it could make this a motivation to continue developing the village.

"Congratulations to the top 500 of the 2023 ADWI tourist village. Make this achievement a motivation to continue to develop quality and sustainable tourist villages for Indonesia to rise," he said.

He hopes that villages that have not passed will continue to develop innovation, adaptation, and collaboration through data filling on the Jadesta page.

The 19 tourist villages from Southeast Sulawesi that passed ADWI 2023, namely as follows:

1. Kahianga Tourism Village (Wakatobi Regency)2. Sombu Tourism Village (Wakatobi Regency)3. Batu Belah Tanjung Batu Tourism Village (Kanawe Islands Regency)4. Terapung Tourism Village (Central Buton)5. Culinary Tourism Village Ulu Sawa (North Konawe)6. Waburipark Tourism Village (South Buton)7. Tourism Village Burangasi (South Buton)8. Tinukari Adventure Tourism Village (North Kolawa)9. Namu Beach Tourism Village (South Konawe)10. Sani Sani Tourism Village (Collaka Regency)11. Labengki Tourism Village (Kanawe Regency)12. Limbo Bungi Tourism Village (Bambau City)13. Limbo Wasamparona Tourism Village ( Baubau City)14. Wasumba Tourism Village (Buton Regency)15. Ranokomea Tourism Village ( Bombana Regency)16. Watu Watu Watu Village (Kendari City)17. Kulati Tourism Village (Wakatobi Regency)18. Kollo Soha Tourism Village (Wakatobi Regency)19. Barangka Tourism Village (Buton Regency)