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THE DEVELOPMENT of tourist villages in Indonesia is proven to be able to accelerate economic recovery by opening up business opportunities and wider employment opportunities.
According to the Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, Ni Wayan Giri Adnyani said when he was a speaker at the ‘Tourism Leaders Forum II” with the theme Safe Tourism and Eco Tourism, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday (6/25) said tourist villages had proven to be a form of tourism. best inclusive community-based tourism. Tourism village as part of safe tourism as well as eco tourism, is able to become a driving force for the land economy.
“Village tourism is a concrete policy, with the implementation of CHSE being a must in encouraging the #InDonesiaCare campaign and also safe tourism to keep tourist destinations implementing the basics of health protocols, thus providing comfort and safety for traveling,” she said.
Ni Wayan Giri Adnyani explained, in the tourism village program, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy integrates local accommodation, attraction, and complementarity under village governance with local wisdom. This program has proven to improve the livelihoods of rural communities, as demonstrated in Penglipuran Tourism Village in Bali, where the village was able to generate more than US$1.45 million in income in 2020.
“The Ministry of Tourism also encourages capacity building of skilled human resources in tourist villages through reskilling and upskilling programs, so that they can provide the best and competitive services. We also from Kemenparekraf synergize with all stakeholders, namely the community (community/community institutions), government, industry, academia, and the media (as a catalyst) to continue to improve the quality of tourism human resources,” Ni Wayan Giri remarked.
In addition to developing tourist villages, another effort by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy in maintaining the existence of the Indonesian tourism sector is to invite people to travel #DiIndonesiaAja.
On that occasion, Ni Wayan Giri also invited the participants of the Tourism Leaders Forum II to participate in the World Tourism Day Celebration which will be held in Bali, on September 27, 2022. Where this WTD is one of a series of the G20 Tourism Ministerial Meeting events. [traveltext.id]
