"Let us jointly revive the economy by developing tourist attractions in regions," he said here on Sunday.
Uno noted that not only the tourist attractions but the creative economy products in the regions must also be improved for local people's prosperity.
"I thank BCA (Bank Central Asia), which will offer training and mentoring programs for residents in Pahawang Island as the 'Mitra bakti BCA' village," he said.
During his visit to Pahawang Island, the minister toured to see a number of creative economy products made by the local community, such as dodol mangrove (traditional confection made from mangrove fruits), phinisi boat miniatures, fishing equipment, and other Pahawang Island souvenir galleries.
"We can help with the packaging of the dodol mangrove," the minister said.
Head of BCA Bandarlampung Branch Peter Soeryadi said that tourism villages are one of the supporters of economic growth in the region, especially for people who depend their economy on them.
"With the existence of the Indonesian Tourism Village Award (ADWI) program, a lot of regional tourism potentials can be shown so that the economy of the local residents can be improved, and BCA will also support this activity by providing assistance which includes providing information, building facilities and of course, encouraging the promotion of Pahawang Island Tourism Village which is in the top 50 of ADWI," he remarked.
ADWI 2022 has seven categories of evaluation, with the first being visitor attractions, and the other categories are homestay; souvenirs including culinary, craft, and fashion products; digital and creative; public toilets; CHSE category or Cleanliness, Health, Safety, and Environment Sustainability; and village institutions.
The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy involves its strategic partners in developing the top 50 tourism villages, namely Astra, BCA, BNI, and Grab.
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