Day: March 27, 2022

Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno has noted that the development of human resources is one of the obstacles face by many regional Tourism Awareness Groups (Pokdarwis).

Hence, the ministry will add a village institution as a new category to the 2022 Indonesian Tourism Village Award (ADWI) contest to encourage the development of tourism human resources., he said while attending an audience with a number of Pokdarwis in Padang City, West Sumatra Province, as quoted from a statement received here on Sunday.

“It is expected to improve the management of various village institutions, including the Pokdarwis,” the minister said.

On the occasion, he listened to the aspirations of the Pokdarwis from nine districts/cities in the province regarding the development of tourism villages and creative economy.

He said that the obstacles to human resources development will be resolved through collaboration with other stakeholders, including other ministries/agencies.

Furthermore, he will invite the managers of tourism villages in West Sumatra to participate in the 2022 ADWI.

Currently, the province has the most tourism villages registered at the ministry’s official page of Tourism Village Network (Jadesta).

“There are almost 300 tourism villages (from West Sumatra Province) registered in Jadesta,” Uno noted.

Member of the executive board of the West Sumatra Pokdarwis, Yuliza, said that the main obstacles to improve the group’s potential was a lack of human resources, tourism village facilities and infrastructure.

Hence, Yuliza expected the ministry to provide various human resources development programs in the province to support the improvement of tourism villages.

Meanwhile, chairman of the Apar Pariaman Tourism Village Pokdarwis Fadel Muhammad conveyed the benefits gained by the community since the village was included as one of the top 50 tourism villages at 2021 ADWI.

“The achievement has a very significant impact. The community involvement is starting to increase and the activities of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), especially the culinary MSMEs, begin to revive,” he stated.

He added that due to the achievement, the government had also established supporting infrastructure, such as public toilets.

Still, he has hoped that human resources development will continue to be carried out since it is the most important thing to support regional development.

Source: Antara News

State-run train manufacturer PT Industri Kereta Api (INKA) is collaborating with state-owned tourism company PT Taman Wisata Candi (TWC) to develop electric transportation modes for cultural tourism and heritage areas.

President Director of PT INKA Budi Noviantoro and Director of PT TWC Edy Setijono inked a cooperation agreement at the train manufacturer headquarters in Madiun City, East Java Province, on Sunday.

The signing of the cooperation agreement was witnessed by Second Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Kartika Wirjoatmodjo.

PT INKA president director has informed that tram movers and shuttle buses are the electric transportation modes which will be developed first in the cooperation since they will be used at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) to support the implementation of 2022 G20 Summit.

“Tram mover is a new vehicle technology. I think the vehicle will be a new icon of TMII, thus it can attract more tourists,” he stated.

On the occasion, the PT TWC director said that in future, the collaboration will also develop electric vehicles for other tourism attractions and establish an integrated electric transportation system between a number of tourism destinations.

“It aims to develop renewable energy-based transportation modes that we can use in future,” he continued.

It is planned that a test-drive will be conducted for the tram mover at TMII in April 2022. Hopefully, the vehicle can be fully operated in October 2022.

Furthermore, the SOEs second deputy minister said that he strongly supports the synergy between the companies.

He also assessed that PT TWC had transformed. It does not only manage the Borobudur Temple and Prambanan Temple, but also the TMII.

“In future, the government will make PT TWC to also manage all heritage areas in Indonesia,” he remarked.

Meanwhile, Madiun Mayor, Maidi, who also attended the occasion, expressed his support for the development of the electric tourism transportation system which could also reduce air pollution in Indonesia.

“Tram mover is a new vehicle technology. I think the vehicle will be a new icon of TMII, thus it can attract more tourists” he said.

Source: Antara News