Geopark, Pacitan Karst Area Tourism

KabarIndonesia - Tourists, especially from foreign countries, want a treat unique and original. For that, the necessary human resources (HR) who qualified in the field of tourism. Thus, the level of tourist visit to Indonesia each year has increased. "Development of Human Resources tourism industry is important enough to boost the level of tourist visit to Indonesia," said Winarno Sudjar, Secretary Director General of Tourism Destination Development, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, met on the sidelines of Tourism Workshop Facilitation of Business Development, at the Regency Hall Pacitan, Wednesday ( 15 / 7).
Data from Disbudpar shows, the level of tourist visit to Indonesia during the period January-April 2009 reached 1.8 million tourists. This number is up 1.5 percent over the same period last year. In 2008 total tourist traffic levels reach 6 million people. However this figure is still below the level of tourist visits to other countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and China. "Our tourism potential is not lost. It's just that the service problems we left behind, "said Winarno.
Increased HR actors tourism industry, continued Winarno is very important. The reason, travelers want better service from their destination. Not only comfort, safety is also required to travelers during the visit. In fact, other factors such as food and fruit hand must also be considered.
Meanwhile, Vice Regent Pacitan, HG Sudibyo admitted that human resources play a role in world tourism has not been adequate. Therefore, Pacitan regency in the future will strive to increase human resources in tourism through the recruitment of civil servants. For investors who will invest in tourism will also be given every convenience. "We will provide convenience for investors in Pacitan."
Tourism Business Development Facilitation Activities will be held over two days, July 15 to 16. Agenda activities include briefing the introduction of tourism to the tourism potential of youth, tourism business development workshops and technical guidance of the tourism business. In the last days later, the event will be filled with social events in the area of tourism in the district of Goa Gong Punung.