Tourist Visits In Gunung Kidul Reaches 176,982 People, Contributes IDR 1.3 Billion PAD

Kukup Beach tourist attraction in Gunung Kidul. ANTARA/Sutarmi.

GUNUNG KIDUL - The Tourism Office of Gunung Kidul Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, has reached the target of 176,982 tourist visits with the achievement of Regional Original Income (PAD) of around Rp.

Head of the Gunung Kidul Tourism Office, Arif Aldian, in Gunung Kidul, Saturday, May 7, said the number of visitors during the Eid holiday, namely Friday, April 29, was 1,016 people, Saturday, April 30, as many as 2,019 people.

Then, Sunday, May 1 as many as 2,605 people, Monday May 2 as many as 5,138 people, Tuesday May 3 as many as 21,736 people, Wednesday, May 4 as many as 48,364 people, Thursday, May 5 as many as 59,244 people, and Friday, May 6 as many as 36,860 people.

"The total number of tourists as of Friday, May 6 was 176,982 people. This means that this achievement exceeded our target of 154,403 people. Then, the achievement of local revenue from the tourism sector has reached Rp. 1.3 billion from the target of Rp. 1.2 billion," said Aldian reported by Antara.

He said beach tourist destinations are still the prima donna. Tourists who visit this tourist attraction come from several areas who take the time during homecoming as well as travel in Gunung Kidul.

"The peak of tourist arrivals occurred on Thursday, May 5 and Friday, there has been a decline in the number of tourists because there has been an increase in backflow for the Eid holiday. This is already expected to happen on Friday until the end of the Lebaran holiday," he said.

Aldian did not deny the effect of the large number of tourists in Gunung Kidul making the density of traffic flow also increase, but thanks to cooperation with various parties including the Gunung Kidul Resort Police, the Transportation Service, Satpol PP, Kodim 0730 and Senkom, congestion can be resolved. Meanwhile, to anticipate or prevent the risk of accidents At sea the Tourism Office has coordinated with Sarlinmas and BPBD as well as health service support from the Health Office and PMI.

"Dispar has also implemented an appeal to maintain the cleanliness and health of tourist objects through tourism awareness groups (pokdarwis) in each tourist destination," he said.

He also said that during the Eid holiday, tourism business actors experienced an increase in income, both restaurants, restaurants and inns, home stays, resorts and hotels.

"The increase in tourist visits also has an impact on hotel demand. For the beach area, many restaurants around Baron-Kukup are ordered from Wednesday," he said.

To maintain health protocols, Dispar also provides free mask facilities for visitors who do not wear masks. The TPR post and information related to beach tourism objects in Gunung Kidul have also been prepared both on social media accounts and leaflets at Baron's TPR Post and JJLS.

"We are also preparing tourism information services in Patuk and at the Gunung Kidul Tourism Office," he said.