This Is The Reason The Reyog Ponorogo Monument Is Higher Than GWK

Reyog Ponorogo who was in action to entertain the audience. (DOC. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Reyog Ponorogo Monument turns out to have a height 2 meters higher than the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) in Bali. The elected Regent of Ponorogo, Sugiri Sancoko, has his own reasons for this.

Tourism is that women must be fragrant, must be beautiful, then tourism must be captivating. Capturing it if it's not high, beautiful. We choose high and beautiful," said Sugiri Sancoko after the Unintangible Cultural Heritage Thanksgiving (ICH UNESCO) Reyog Ponorogo in Jakarta, quoted from ANTARA, Saturday, January 11.

With its beauty and height, it can be a special attraction for tourists visiting Ponorogo. Not only can they see monuments that are tall and beautiful, later they can travel as well as get education.

The educational side in question is the presence of a museum that presents various knowledges about Reyog and also historical artifacts related to Ponorogo and its surroundings.

There is a museum and there is a monument, so the location is very educational and also increases knowledge and culture. So, we really pay attention to friendly tourism, highly educated tourism and bad effects," he said.

According to him, the construction, which has reached 95 percent, is ready to be released this year with various supporting facilities inside and outside. So, in early February it can be used.

"This year, 95 percent of the building has been completed in early February for the main building," he said.

The construction of monuments and museums is also intended to attract the attention of tourists from within and outside Indonesia. So that the economic growth target of eight percent can be achieved through the contribution of the tourism industry.

The Reyog Ponorogo Monument is claimed to have 26 floors with a height of 126 meters and is predicted to be higher than the Garuda Wisnu Kencana monument in Bali.

The monument, which is located on an asset area in Gunung Gamping, Sampu Village, Ponorogo Regency, cost Rp76.6 billion.