Labuan Bajo Destinations Prima, Development Of Infrastructure Into Government Attention

Main Expert Staff of the Presidential Staff Office inspects the construction of Labuan Bajo DPSP infrastructure, in West Manggarai, NTT, Saturday (25/2). (KSP)

LABUAN BAJO - In developing the Labuan Bajo Super Priority Tourism Destination (DPSP), the government is building supporting infrastructure.

Melaui Kementerian PUPR pemerintah tengah menyelesaikan pembangunan serta peningkatan jalan dan jembatan Labuan Bajo Sp. NalisSp. KenariGolo Mori sepanjang 25 kilometer.

"The construction is in accordance with the specified time stage. The progress is now almost one hundred percent," said Chief Expert of the Presidential Staff Office, Helson Siagian, after a coordination meeting with the West Manggarai Regional Government and the Labuan Bajo Flores Authority Implementing Agency (BPOLBF), in NTT, Saturday, February 25.

Helson added that the government is also managing the Loh Buaya area of Rinca Island and equipping it with various facilities. Such as museums, cafes, and clinics. The management of the Komodo National Park Office.

In addition, currently a port supporting the Labuan Bajo travel pattern is being built at Wae Kelambu Port.

"The massive infrastructure development at the Labuan Bajo DPSP is a form of President Jokowi's commitment to support the development of the tourism sector and the people's economy," said Helson.

He also emphasized that infrastructure development must be carried out with an extraordinary acceleration spirit according to President Joko Widodo's direction. For this reason, all parties must be involved and fully support the development of Labuan Bajo to become a Super Priority Tourism Destination (DPSP).

"We (KSP) appreciate all parties who have been involved and supported development in Labuan Bajo," he concluded.

On the same occasion, Deputy Regent of West Manggarai Yulianus Weng hopes that the various facilities and infrastructure that have been built in Labuan Bajo can have a positive impact on economic growth and people's welfare in West Manggarai Regency and East Nusa Tenggara in general.

"The West Manggarai Regency Government would like to thank the President for his extraordinary attention to our community and region," said Yulianus, who was present accompanied by the President Director of BPOLBF

For information, stipulated in 2019 as a Super Priority Destination, Labuan Bajo Flores is a tourist destination covering 11 Komodo Biosphere Reservoir districts and a Komodo Biosphere Reserve area and an area of 400 hectares of authority.

The development of the Labuan Bajo DPSP is also carried out with the development and development of new tourism in Golo Mori village managed by PT ITDC. In addition, the government is also developing a tourism authority zone for the Labuan Bajo Flores Authority (BPOLBF), where the land legalization process is in the process of becoming a HPL (Land Management Rights).