Tuesday, March 28, 2023
In order to improve the administration of super-priority tourism destinations (DPSP) in North Sulawesi, from Likupang to Manado, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy in Indonesia hosted a cross-stakeholder tourism communication forum.
“I hope that the implementation of tourism destination governance and acceleration of the Manado-Likupang DPSP development through strengthening collaboration networks can be realized,” Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno said in an official statement on Saturday.
He stated that more work is needed to increase the quality of experience, duration of stay, and economic effect, as well as to assure the sustainability of social culture and ecology by structuring visitor management and trash and waste management.
“We also need interpretation techniques and hospitality management, supply chains, and the creative economy in a sustainable tourism ecosystem,” Uno said.
Meanwhile, Frans Teguh, the ministry’s Acting Deputy for Destination Development and Infrastructure, stated that one of the ministry’s tourism development objectives is to mobilise stakeholders to hasten the development of key tourism destinations.
Teguh emphasised that destination development must be carried out without regard for interests, as summarised in a framework that could serve as a tool for destination management, specifically destination management, destination governance, and leadership, in order to improve a destination’s reputation.
“In terms of achieving tourism development goals through a comprehensive framework, collaboration from across interests is needed by cultivating a mentality of openness, namely open mind, open will, and open heart,” he added.
Meanwhile, Oneng Setya Harini, the ministry’s Deputy Secretary for Destination and Infrastructure Development, stated that the Domestic Market Obligation (DMO) concept is required to promote collaboration in carrying out the job of destination management.
“We have seven challenges in the tourism sector, namely issues of climate change and environmental sustainability, security and safety of life, economic stability, technological advances, behavior change, overtourism, and regulations and policies. By improving our tourism management, we can find solutions to overcome the problems,” Harini added.
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