IKN Nusantara Authority Collaborates With Ministry Of PUPR To Improve Tourism Roads

The zero point of the core area of IKN Nusantara in Sapaku District, North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan. (Between/Nyaman Bagus Purwaniawan)

The Capital Archipelago Authority (OIKN) is coordinating with the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) to repair village roads with the potential for tourism in East Kalimantan to improve the community's economy.

"Improving village roads with the potential for tourism will attract the attention of tourists to visit because access to villages is smooth," said Director of Tourism Culture and Creative Economy of the IKN Authority Muhsin Palinrungi in Penajam, Saturday (9/12/2023) as quoted by Antara.

Good and smooth road access to tourist attractions, according to him, will also have an impact on other sectors so that it has a significant impact on the economy of the people of East Kalimantan Province.

Muhsin said that the welfare of the people of East Kalimantan Province must be a major concern through improving village roads so that local residents do not only become spectators of economic growth in their villages. The tourism sector, he continued, will become a jack for local revenue (PAD) in districts and cities in the province.

He said the improvement in the competence of human resources (HR) in the East Kalimantan tourism sector was carried out by providing homestay management training by involving job training competitions.

Homestay is a resident's residence that is used as an inn to rent to visitors. With this rental, residents can earn income.

In addition to coordinating on road repairs and human resource training for tourist villages, the IKN Authority also supports micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to improve the economy.

The activity of supporting MSME actors, continued Muhsin, is a training on the packaging of local MSME products so that they can be marketed outside the region. "The product packaging that attracts buyers is an important factor as a promotion. The packaging must attract attention when offered outside the region," he said.