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Public Works and Public Housing Ministry to develop four Priority Destinations
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The serene view of a beach in Morotai. (Shutterstock/File)
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he Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) will focus on helping to speed up the development of four destinations from the Tourism Ministry’s 10 New Balis list.
“We are now focusing on Lake Toba in North Sumatra, Borobudur, Joglosemar, Mandalika in West Nusa Tenggara and Labuan Bajo in East Nusa Tenggara,” explained PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono.
The development includes accommodation, attraction and access in these four places. For Lake Toba, one of the problems is in land development.
“We were asked [by the President] to do the mapping first,” Basuki added.
Tourism Minister Arief Yahya believed that the target of welcoming 20 million overseas tourists will be achieved.
“The development strategy uses the formula of 3A’s (Attraction, Access and Accommodation). For Attraction, there are natural, cultural and man-made attractions. On the other hand, Access need to be developed quickly including sea, land and air transportations,” Arief said.
The third A is Accommodation that includes hotel and resort, “Accommodation is the responsibility of private companies, the government handles regulation and public facilities such as road, water, electricity and telecommunication,” he added. (asw)
