DESMA Center Presentation at the Coordination Meeting on Tourism Village Development at DSP Borobudur, Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy
The Directorate of Regional I Tourism Destination Development, Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy held a coordination meeting for the Development of Tourism Villages in the Borobudur Super Priority Destination (DSP) on Tuesday, 22 September 2020 in Yogyakarta.
The Director of Regional I Destination Development, Mr Ir. Oni Yulifian, MBTM; and the Deputy for Destination and Infrastructure Development, Dr. Ir. Hari Santosa Sungkari M.H. were present to deliver remarks and directions.
The resource persons who attended the Coordination Meeting for the development of tourist villages in Borobudur DSP were Secretary of the Deputy for Destination and Infrastructure Development Mrs Oneng Setya Harini, MM; Head of the Yogyakarta Special Region Culture and Tourism Office Mr Singgih Raharjo, SH, M.Ed; Head of the Central Java Tourism Office Mr Drs. Sinoeng Noegroho Rachmadi, MM; Senior Researcher of P2Par ITB Mrs Yani Adriani and Founder & Director of DESMA Center Wiwik Mahdayani.
Participants who attended this coordination meeting were representatives from Dispar Kab. Magelang, Dispar Kab. Purworejo, Dispar Kab. Kulonprogo, Dispar Kab. Bantul, Dispar Kab. Gunungkidul, Dispar Kab. Sleman, and Representatives of 12 Tourism Villages in the Borobudur DSP area, Borobudur Authority Agency (BOB), Dispar Jateng and Dispar DIY.
Ibu Yani Andriani from P2Par ITB presented a paper on Community-based Tourism and the activity plan for the development of tourist villages in Borobudur DSP. Mrs Wiwik Mahdayani Founder & Director of DESMA Center presented a paper on Tourism Village Development as an Economic Driver in Borobudur DSP.
In her presentation, Mrs Wiwik Mahdayani of DESMA Center stated that villages with tourism potential in Indonesia are prospective to drive the people's economy. In many destinations, tourism has provided livelihoods for many rural communities. Ibu Wiwik invited tourism village managers to continue to explore the uniqueness of natural, cultural and artificial potential that provides the potential to extend the length of stay of tourists. In addition, tourist villages have their own advantages, which can provide opportunities as a source of community economy. Tourism villages also provide opportunities to maintain unique natural and cultural heritage, support conservation goals, including protecting endangered species and lost traditions and rituals. In addition, it is important to maintain distinctive features or uniqueness as a potential resource to escape price competition, which can adversely affect the viability of village tourism destinations.
Mrs Wiwik Mahdayani also said the challenges in the development of tourism villages such as resources as tourist attractions, key stakeholders as managers, institutions, quality products and services, access to key markets, partnerships with related stakeholders, government support at the village level, District Tourism Office, Province to the Central Government in the form of policies and programmes to support the development of conducive tourism villages.
Therefore, according to Mrs Wiwik Mahdayani, tourism village governance is needed to facilitate tourism activities better, good governance at the village level and synergy to strengthen tourism village human resources to develop and manage tourism villages more professionally.
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