Jayawijaya Regency Government Tata Mystical Cave Becomes A Digital Tourism Object

Lake Habema which is one of the attractions in Jayawijaya. (ANTARA/Marius Frisson Yewun)

WAMENA - The Jayawijaya Regency Government, Papua is arranging mystical caves, waterfalls, passion fruit plantations and coffee plantations in the Bpiri District as part of the development of tourism villages and digital villages.

Head of Control and Evaluation at the Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda) Jayawijaya Rabindra Patasik said a survey of the tourism potential in Kampung Walakma had been carried out.

"It is hoped that Walakma Village will become a model for the development of digital villages and tourist villages," said Rabindra Patasik, quoted by Antara, Saturday, April 2.

The development of tourist villages and digital villages, according to him, involves several regional device organizations such as the communications and information technology office as well as the culture and tourism department.

"The Ministry of Communication and Information has programmed to increase the capacity of the internet network there, the tourism office intervened by making tourist lodges and the public works agency intervened on road access," said Rabindra.

The tourism potential, which will be developed and utilized digitally by publishing using an e-commerce system, has the support of the director general of infrastructure at the Ministry of Disadvantaged Regions.

In general, it is not only Walakma Village that is being pushed to become a tourist village and a digital village because several villages are still in the survey and assessment stage regarding the existing tourism potential.

"In addition to Walakma, the development of tourism and digital villages is also targeting several tourist objects in several places such as in Kurulu, Asotipo, Pisugi and Usilimo," said Rabindra.