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Sulawesi aims to strengthen access between six provinces
The Trans-Sulawesi railroad is going to be built as well as ports, facilities and transportation system that will connect different tourist attractions in Sulawesi.
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Sunset in Bunaken, Manado, North Sulawesi. (Shutterstock/File)
The Sulawesi Regional Tourism Coordination Meeting (Rakor) was held in Gorontalo and attended by six provinces, on Nov. 26.
“The Sulawesi Regional Tourism Coordination Meeting has pledged the support for [Tourism Ministry’s] target of achieving 20 million international tourists. We are also supporting the target of 270 million local tourists traveling in Indonesia in 2019,” said Central Sulawesi Governor Longki Janggola.
“The growth of tourism in Sulawesi is still hampered by the lack of access between regions hence we are focusing on this issue,” Longki added.
The Trans-Sulawesi railroad is going to be built as well as ports, facilities and transportation system that will connect different tourist attractions in Sulawesi.
In the future, these six provinces will be connected with each other.
“It also includes a sub-regional partnership that covers Tomini Bay in the northern side and Bone Bay in the southern side along with speeding up the Sulawesi Cruise Line project,” Longki said.
Another point made during the meeting was about unifying the visions and missions of both provincial and regional/city administrations and to create a tourism brand identity for Sulawesi. (asw)
