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THE development of various Geoparks in Indonesia that continues to be carried out by the government at this time, one of the aims is to increase the type of nature-based tourism. He also reiterated, that there will be no exploitation of nature, but what will be encouraged is sustainable tourism.
According to Maritime and Investment Coordinating Ministry Deputy for Maritime and Investment Coordinating Ministry, Safri Burhanudin revealed the analysis of observers, tourists visiting natural attractions tend to increase due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It means we have to fix the facilities and everything, our hope is that the Geopark manager can build infrastructure better.
“Geopark means not only building, but the preservation of nature is also absolute. Sustainable tourism and not exploiting tourism, there is a strategy, such as how many tourists are allowed to enter it,” he said in a virtual forum, Geopark Development recently.
He continued, in Geopark tourism, aspects of nature conservation are the main and should not be contested by anyone. This means that the nature is not disturbed, the culture is not disturbed and all its contents are not disturbed. If for example in the future these things are disturbed, we declare that tourism has failed.
Meanwhile, Deputy Secretary for the Coordination of Tourism and Creative Economy in the Maritime and Investment Sector, Kosmas Harefa explained what was being done by Kemenko Marves to help oversee the development of Geopark in Indonesia.
“We are overseeing various provisions relating to Geopark in Indonesia. What we are doing now is to continue to support the future development of Geopark Indonesia. “Geopark is very extraordinary contribution to our economy, as well as to the contribution to the tourism sector which is about 35 percent,” said Kosmas.
He also said, the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment, also continued to hold intensive meetings across ministries/institutions, in the context of preparing all our tourist destinations towards the new normal era. This includes the preparation of natural destinations and one of them is Geopark.
Indonesia is home to nature tourism, Indonesia also hosts several Geoparks which were inaugurated by UNESCO, and most of them are filled with tourists.
Geopark or Geological Park is a region with very rich geological elements, where all parties are required to maintain, use, and develop all natural heritage contained therein, including values in ecology, archeology, sociology, and including art and culture.
Indonesia has around 15 amazing geoparks and 7 of them are, Mount Rinjani NTB, Lake Toba North Sumatra, Mount Batur Bali, Ciletuh Pelabuhanratu in West Java, Merangin in Jambi, Gunung Sewu in Yogyakarta, and Banyuwangi Geopark in East Java. [traveltext.id]
