– East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa asked the winners of the 2022 East Java Tourism Award (EJTA) to continue promoting the tourism sector in the region.

Parawansa said in a written statement  on Sunday that the event was expected to further promote tourism potential in each region in East Java Province.

“So promoting local potential is a very important part,” she noted.

She pointed out that there were challenges in promoting local tourism potential, one of which was the need for adequate infrastructure to access naturally scenic, beautiful areas. Therefore, she urged the village administration, regional government, and the East Java Government, to be able to improve access to these areas in order to meet those ends.

“The problem lies in infrastructure to access  areas that have extraordinary beauty. Together with the governments of the village, sub-district, district to the province to build shared accessibility,” he said.

At the 2022 East Java Tourism Award event, there were also 11 award categories given, including the Natural, Cultural, and Artificial Tourism Attraction Award; Tourism Village Profile Video Contest; and the East Java Tourism Short Film Competition.

She believed that the video was able to promote the potential of the tourism sector in each region in the East Java region, as it would spark people’s interest.

“Digital-wise, there are also short video competitions, and broadcasts of several village and regional tours. Of course this is very good for promotion of each other’s regions,” she reasoned. On that occasion, he also saw the potential for young puppeteers to become heirs to wayang culture in Indonesia. It is expected that the young puppeteer’s regeneration would also be able to boost the tourism potential in East Java.

It is noted that the participants of Dalang Muda award in 2022 comes from urban areas such as Surabaya, Malang and Gresik. Thus, dalang is no longer exclusive to Nganjuk, Blitar, Tulungagung and Ngawi regions, but is more evenly distributed in East Java.

“There is potential for regeneration for puppeteers from East Java which is more evenly distributed with those who are educated. They finish their studies, then improve in terms of cultural aspects, in my opinion this is great,” she concluded.

Source: Antara News