West Sumatra Governor Asks Tourism Object Managers To Guarantee Cleanliness

West Sumatra Governor Mahyeldi/ANTARA

PADANG - West Sumatra Governor Mahyeldi highlighted the cleanliness of toilets in tourist attractions. From the findings in the field, there are still some that are not too clean so that tourists who come are uncomfortable.

"Based on direct monitoring and reports from the public to nomads, I still find toilets in tourist attractions that are not clean," Mahyeldi said in Padang, quoted by Antara, Thursday, September 23.

He also ordered the Tourism Office to focus on this by reminding managers to always pay attention to the cleanliness of the toilets.

"When is it necessary to make a competition for tourist attractions with the cleanest toilets and give awards," he suggested.

Mahyeldi said that when toilets in tourist attractions as one of the supporting facilities, they must be maintained and clean. That way, tourists will be comfortable visiting.

"If tourists are comfortable coming, it will be more crowded which will lead to an increase in the welfare and economy of the community," he said.

Previously, West Sumatra tourism practitioner Ian Hanafiah suggested that people around tourist attractions need to provide clean toilets to support tourist comfort.

"No need to be pretentious, ordinary ones are also okay as long as they are clean," he said.

According to Ian, almost evenly in all tourist attractions in West Sumatra, the toilet problem has always been a major problem for tourists.

"Starting from the lack of toilets, not clean, to broken," he said.

Traders and communities and entrepreneurs who open investments are asked to provide clean toilets.

According to him, the indicators for the cleanliness of the toilets range from clean water, clean equipment, soap, to the cleanliness of the room.

"The presence of this toilet is important for visitors at tourist attractions," he added.