Sandiaga Uno: Pahawang Island Community Transformation To Tourism

Sandiaga Uno (Photo via Twitter)

JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Uno said the people of Pahawang Island in Lampung had transformed. Previously, people relied on agriculture.

Now according to Sandiaga Uno, Pahawang Island has headed to people who rely on tourism. He made this statement while visiting Pahawang Island and meeting an elder from Pahawang Island named Barmawi (77).

"I want to dig more of Barmawi's grandfather about Pahawang Island," said Sandiaga in Pahawang Island Tourism Village, Lampung, Monday, August 29.

"It turns out here I found a transformation of agricultural communities towards people who rely on tourism. So the extractive economy is now supported by the creative economy," he said.

Sandiaga said that every development must basically embrace the local community. Including in the tourism sector, which according to him must also be based on the surrounding community.

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"So if we develop a homestay pattern, not all of them will be replaced by large resorts, but at tourism centers they rely on homestays, relying on tourism residential facilities belonging to the community, food, handicrafts are also purchased by tourists," he said.

In addition to discussing the history of Pahawang Island, Sandiaga also provided assistance in the form of pesticide spraying tools to Barmawi.

Meanwhile, Barmawi gave a souvenir in the form of an interestr of a mosque from bricks. Although, Sandiaga refused the gift and chose to buy it.