Have finished visiting the 50 tourist villages in the country, Tourism and Creative Economy enteri/Head of Tourism and Creative Economy Agency Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno gave his own spiritual experience and he believes that these villages will build Indonesia in the future in the Indonesian Tourism Village Award event (ADWI) 2021.
Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf), Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno announces the winning tourist villages from 7 category and 1 special category of total 1.831 tourist village joined. ADWI Night Event 2021 pay tribute to 7 (Seven) assessment category for tourist village, including CHSE, Digital Village, Souvenir (Culinary, Fashion, Kriya), Tourist attraction (Alam, Culture, Artificial), Creative Content, Homestay, and toilet.
Sandiaga Uno said that during his 50th visit to Tourism Villages in the country,, it was an impressive experience, start from diving in Sawandarek, Raja Ampat |, Overnight in Nepal Van Java, Swimming on Untung Island, Java, Thousand Islands, to climb in Wae Wednesday, Manggarai, Bringing wastra souvenirs when traveling can be Paradiva's way of preserving wastra.
other than that, he also explained his spiritual journey during his visit to 50 villages in Indonesia, This started from a tourism village program that initially did not really believe that it would get an extraordinary response. Then when we start the target, was 700 we lower 300 so as not to disappoint. And thank God after fighting, breaking expectations, not 300 but 1.831 registered tourist village.
Menparekraf also explained that in the midst of a pandemic and economic challenges facing this nation, the tourism sector most affected by the pandemic, but it, see the spirit of the management of tourist villages, ok pokdarwis leader, village head, until the regional head has the spirit that Indonesia will rise. Therefore, Sandiaga also asks for support for all parties to continue the ADWI program in the future so that it can be improved and in the following year. Including asking for support from the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto to jointly generate the economy through tourist villages so as to have a big impact on rural communities and create the widest possible employment opportunities..
