Jakarta, Indonesia Herald - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy/Head of the Tourism and Creative Economy Agency Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno has launched "Senandung Dewi (Semarak Event Unggulan di Desa Wisata) 2024" to introduce a series of events to attract more tourist visits to tourist villages.
Sandiaga S. Uno in "The Weekly Brief With Sandi Uno" which took place in a hybrid at Sapta Pesona Building, Jakarta, Monday (1/7/2024) explained that the Senandung Dewi initiative was the result of collaboration with six events in tourist villages.
"Therefore, I really appreciate tourist villages throughout Indonesia who have proposed quality events to collaborate in the Senandung Dewi program. We hope this can bring our tourist visits to tourist villages," said Menparekraf Sandiaga.
Deputy for Tourism Products and Events, Vincent Jemadu, added that the Ministry has been running the Anugerah Desa Wisata Indonesia (ADWI) program for four years. The ecosystem that is formed is getting better. Therefore, this is the right moment to present another support program in developing tourism villages with a focus on the values of sustainability, scalability and sellability. One of them is through organizing events.
"We translate it into events because events are one of the most effective instruments to invite tourists, both domestic and foreign," said Vincen.
In the "Senandung Dewi" program, there will be two schemes designed. The first is to curate tourist villages in Indonesia that already have events but have not yet developed. Second, if the tourist village does not have an event, then an interesting event is designed according to local wisdom.
The six events that collaborate in "Senandung Dewi 2024" are;
1. Penglipuran Village Festival XI, Penglipuran Tourism Village, Bali, on July 4-7, 2024.
2. Event Butuh Sidowarna Shadow Puppet Festival, Sidowarna Puppet Tourism Village, Klaten, Central Java, on August 10-11, 2024.
3. Hyang Argopuro Festival Jember, Collaboration of 5 Tourism Villages, on September 12-13, 2024.
4. Ngopi Padang Mbulan Rame-Rame, Ketapanrame Tourism Village, Mojokerto, East Java, on September 19, 2024.
5. Cultural Echo Festival, Terong Creative Tourism Village, Belitung, on November 4-7, 2024.
6. Tourism Event at Golo Bilas Tourism Village, West Manggarai.
Also attending the WBSU were Pokdarwis of Arjasa Jember Traditional Tourism Village, Sugianto, offline and Kelihan Adat of Penglipuran Tourism Village, I Wayan Budiarta online.