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THE MINISTRY of Tourism and Creative Economy stated that it would push forward plans to build cable cars in tourist destinations such as Rinjani, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) and Puncak in West Java.
According to the Minister of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno during the Year-End Press Conference (JPAT) in an official statement, Jakarta said this cable car could be an alternative transportation that is environmentally friendly, especially for Puncak because the congestion at Puncak is already extraordinary.
“The Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi (Jabodetabek) Transportation Management Agency is said to have conducted an initial study and provided recommendations for a budget for the automatic train and cable car of IDR7.3 trillion. However, the Bogor Regional Government is still assessing and reviewing the budget,” he said.
Sandiaga stated that investors from Saudi Arabia were interested in investing in the development of the cable car in Puncak after the Ministry of Tourism’s working visit to the country some time ago.
“Of course we encourage the acceleration of preparations for this cable car to be realized not only in Bogor, but also in several other tourist destinations,” he said.
The Ministry of Tourism’s visit to Saudi Arabia was carried out on the sidelines of the 2022 World Travel Market (WTM) tourism exchange in London, England, Tuesday (8/11). One of the topics of discussion that stuck out was related to efforts to build a cable car that would connect several tourist destinations in Puncak.
Regarding the cable car in NTB, the Provincial Government of West Nusa Tenggara together with investors from China have laid the first stone for the construction of the cable car from Karang Sidemen Village, Central Lombok Regency to the Mount Rinjani area.
“This cable car is an extraordinary investment project to increase tourism that has been developed by the regional government,” said Central Lombok Regent Lalu Pathul Bahri during the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the cable car in Praya District, Central Lombok, NTB, Sunday (18 /12). [antaranews/photo special]
