Bukittinggi City Reports Receiving More Than One Million Tourist Visits During 2023

Jam Gadang Bukittinggi City as one of the centers for tourist visits in West Sumatra. (Doc. ANTARA)

There were more than one million tourist visits to paid tourist attractions recorded in the City of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra during 2023. "The city of Bukittinggi has indeed become one of the main tourist destinations for visitors who came to West Sumatra. During 2023, 1,041,476 visitors entered three paid tourist attractions in Bukittinggi," said Head of the Bukittinggi Tourism Office Rofie Hendra in Bukittinggi, reported by ANTARA, Saturday, January 20. According to him, the three paid tourist attractions were Panorama Park Lobang Japan, Kinantan Cultural Wildlife Park (TMSBK) and Fort De Kock. "For domestic visits or domestic tourists entering paid tourist attractions, there were 1,029,191 people," said Rofie. While the other 12,285 tourists are foreign tourists dominated by Malaysian countries. He detailed that as many as 819,690 local tourists and 1,261 foreign tourists entered TMBSK, by generating retribution income of Rp 19.5 billion. Japan's Panorama Lobang Park tourist objects recorded 209,501 local tourists and 11,024 foreign tourists. At the tourist object it resulted in revenue for Rp3.1 billion.

Meanwhile, the Mayor of Bukittinggi Erman Safar emphasized that the target of the Tourism Office was adjusted in carrying out the Bukittinggi City Government's mission, namely "Great in the Tourism, Cultural and Sports Arts Sector". The mission is also to increase the management of regional tourism destinations and increase the development of the regional creative economy," he said.