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THE INDONESIAN Government through the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy is strengthening efforts to realize Geopark destinations in Indonesia, by increasing synergies between the Central Government and Regional Governments in the Management of Physical Special Allocation Funds (DAK) Based on Innovation, Adaptation and Collaboration.
One of these synergies was realized through the session “Preparation for the Implementation of Physical and Non-Physical DAK for Tourism in 2023” at the 2022 National Coordination Meeting for Tourism and Creative Economy which took place at Grand Sahid, Jakarta, Friday (12/16).
According to the Ministry of Tourism’s Deputy for Destination and Infrastructure Development, Vinsensius Jemadu, geopark tourism is a tourism concept based on the advantages or geological uniqueness of a place. Geopark tourism has great potential in attracting tourists.
“How important this geopark tour is in developing regional tourism. And we realize that the region has these geopark resources, therefore we have to develop them so that they provide maximum benefits for the community,” said Vinsensius Jemadu.
Vinsensius explained that the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy is providing Physical DAK support for Tourism in the 2022 FY in developing geopark destinations, namely IDR371,532,686,942, where the DAK location supports Geopark Tourist Attractions (DTW) including the UNESCO Global Geopark (UGG) Toba Caldera, which includes DTW Rumah Date – Silalahi Geosite, Dairi, North Sumatra; Sipinsur Geosite, Humbahas, North Sumatra; Huta Ginjang Geosite, Taput, North Sumatra; and the Sigulatti Geopark Information Center, Samosir, North Sumatra.
As well as UGG Maros Pangkep, which includes DTW Bantimurung Waterfall, Maros, South Sulawesi. The obstacles in developing geoparks, namely clear and clean land, the geopark DTW master plan/site plan, the commitment of the district government in supporting geoparks which should submit Geopark DTW proposals.
“This clear and clean obstacle often occurs, causing problems such as land acquisition, this must be addressed,” said Vincent.
Vincent explained that in 2023 the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy had prepared DAK Physical support for the development of geopark destinations, namely based on an agreement with the DPR RI during the Panja meeting on September 21 2022, DAK Geopark included in the 2023 Tourism DAK is IDR238 billion. The DAK geopark allocation is aimed at 6 UGGp, 13 national geoparks, and two aspiring national geoparks.
The next process is the preparation of an activity plan (RK) by the Regional Government so that it needs to be overseen by ministries/agencies. Furthermore, BP Geopark and Pemda need to provide supporting documents such as DED to the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy/Bappenas as a requirement for document completion.
Meanwhile, the IPEK Director of Bappenas, Teguh Sambodo, said that regional governments need to prepare predetermined readiness criteria and technical criteria, so that local government proposals can be processed, curated, assessed, and budgeted for DAK allocations.
“The benefits of developing tourism objects/DTW through DAK, can be reflected in the quality of the planning documents which are the DAK readiness criteria (RC), namely the master plan, site plan, and DED. It takes effort and seriousness from the regional government in preparing quality RC documents,” Teguh concluded. [traveltext.id]
