NTB Become Tourism Development Sample Area

The development of tourism in NTB in the last two years received special attention from national tourism performer. It makes NTB become the sample area for local tourism development.
One of the reason for NTB become the sample for this tourism development can be seen through their success of increasing number of tourist visiting this region in 2009. Instead of the fact that that year national economic and tourism was in its lowest development.

Head of NTB Cultural and Tourism Agency, L Gita Aryadi, in an meeting of Training Facilities of Public Area at Global Marketing area held by Domestic Affair Deparment Directorat General in Jakarta, is delivering NTB policy in developing their local tourism.

In his speech, this formerly head of NTB Public Relationship Agency said that even though the effort is not maximal yet, what have done by the local government, especially when its about attracting tourist come into the area has been good already. The government ot merely developing foreign tourist marketing field as their traditional marketing but also optimizing domestic tourists development too.

“Our governor asked for each SKPD to be able to push their directorat general to held meting in tehir area in order to develop number of tourists visiting their respective area,” he said.
The government also try to optimize their cutlural attraction activities. for instance, Cultural and Tourism Affair Agency used their directing function to organize all people in tourism industry to work together with other related element to held varied of cultural event for instance, several months ago they had succeeded in delivering Lombok Begendang Festival.it was a carnival where there are Gendang Beleq performance and varied of other percussion performed in one unique attraction.

There was also other events with natural resource as its basic attraction, such as Lombok Triatlon, Pearl Fest and more. “The local government become the organizer meanwhile those who applied it were most the local people,”he added.

As far as there will be more festival months ahead such as Bima Horse Festival and Lakey as well as TIME (Tourism International Mart and Expo. “All this activity will maximizing local potential, together the local with those involved in tourism business, we at the local government act as the facilitator,” he added.

Aside from cultural activity, intensive promotion is always conducted. the government keep inviting all aspects to maximize their local tourism image. “Package and image is important, it stand as a promition and our effort in introducing our tourism product to the consumer,” he continued.

Gita also saiys that in the next July 2011 there will be 200 world photographers along with 50 national photographers would visit NTB to take pictures of local daily life together with our differ cultural and natural beauty. “We will facilitate this event as it could raise our local tourism image,” he added.
Gita presentation receive full attention from the meeting members, especially from those head of agency from some areas in Indonesia in a meeting began at 10.00 a.m, Jayakarta Hotel Jakarta.

Directorat General Secretary of Public Government of Domestic Affair Department, Srimoyo Tamtomo who opened that meeting mentioned that the meeting is important to give better understanding to local government in developing their local tourism sector. it especially for those that are in the zone of global marketing with their private authority such Batam. That area should be able to maximize their potential with the authority concept in developing their tourism sector.

News by Lombok Post