Recover The Economy Of People Affected By The Pandemic, Bukittinggi Holds MSME Bazar In Gadang Jam Park

Photo: Doc. Antara

BUKITTINGGI - The city of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra held a Bazar for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Taman Jam Gadang. The event, which was first held to restore the local community's economy after the pandemic.

The Bukittinggi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) collaborated with the Department of SME and Trade Cooperatives and Disparpora to hold a bazaar for players in the trade, industrial and creative economy sectors for three days, Friday, August 26 to Sunday, August 28.

The head of the Bukittinggi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ferdian, said that the bazaar was carried out to lift and activate the economy and potential of the MSME sector after the last two years of the pandemic.

"We are reopening places for product marketing that were affected by the pandemic yesterday. This bazaar is a forum for MSMEs to be enthusiastic about running the economic wheels of the MSME sector in Bukittinggi, of course it needs the support of the City Government," said Ferdian, quoted by Antara, Sunday, August 28. He also intends to make the Taman Jam Gadang MSME Bazar a routine agenda for Kadin Bukittinggi as a driver of the local community's economy.

"We plan this to be a routine calendar per quarter, hopefully the participants can also be improved, thanks to the mayor who is very concerned about efforts to improve the economy of the people of Bukittinggi," he said. The MSME bazaar was attended by 80 participants from 60 booths provided and have businesses in various fields, including culinary, embroidery, embroidery, souvenirs, start-up snacks and businesses from home industries.

On this occasion, the Mayor of Bukittinggi, Erman Safar, appreciated the bazaar held by Kadin Bukittinggi, which was held suddenly, but the enthusiasm of the community was quite high. "We support Kadin to carry out similar things but more thematic, for example, especially industrial home products, not store products, so this exhibition does not interfere with the turnover of traders at the Upper Market and the surrounding economy," said Wako.

On the sidelines of the booth visit, the Deputy Governor also greeted the public and visitors around Jam Gadang. Traders who took part in the MSME Bazar at Taman Jam Gadang admitted that they were helped by the innovations that were held, especially in marketing their local products. "I trade typical Bukittinggi clothes that are usually purchased for tourists, as long as the opportunity to sell at this city's tourist center is selling and selling," said a trader, Nova Hendra. According to him, the previous trader registered with Kadin Bukittinggi at a cost of Rp. 100,000 for one booth per day during the bazaar. "It's cheap enough, apart from booths, electricity is also provided so that they can sell until the evening and are guaranteed cleanliness and security, hopefully it can continue later," he said.