Manggarai Of Western Styled Into Specific Interest

LABUAN BAJO, KOMPAS.com – dialogue with the various stakeholders of tourism in West Manggarai Regency is initiated by the Foundation and Our Komodo dragon Tourism Management Organization (TMO) Komodo destinations in the Luwansa Hotel, Tuesday (17/8/2012), agreed that the West Manggarai Regency is designed to become a special interest tourism.

The reason is, there is so much diversity and unique culture are scattered in villages. There is a wealth of underwater is very beautiful in the world, there are forested and mbeliling as well as a giant snake cave nature tourism a challenging tourists to enjoy the nature in the West Manggarai Regency.

This is expressed by the head of the regional planning Agency West Manggarai Regency, Benjamin Nanjong, along with Chairman of the Foundation's Governing Our Emmy Hafild Komodo dragon, and Chairman of the TMO Komodo, Manggarai Destinations West as well as a number of actors Anthony Asri-offender tourism, the guide, the master diver and community leaders in Labuan Bajo, Wednesday (15/8/2012).

To go to special-interest Tourism, Zachary Samuel Shem of Foundation Staff We explain the Komodo dragon, human resources of local communities were still low so our duties and responsibilities together to fix human resources from local schools. "The awareness of local communities in the West Manggarai Regency resurrected to sustainability and natural beauty of staying awake as well," he said.

Samuel explains, Manggarai Barat District Government as soon as possible to make regulations to be organized for the sake of tourism revenue for the Government and society. Residents of tourism which gives disadarkan prosperity for themselves.

Yando Zakaria, a consultant at the foundation of our Komodo dragons to go to explain, special interest tourism, the diver-divers trained in order to have a local Diver certification, because local communities residing in the island in the Komodo National Park area know about the existence of the beauty under the sea around the Islands in the Komodo National Park.

While etnomusikolog, Rizaldi Siagian describes native cultures, indigenous songs and dance staging caci must be returned according to its authenticity. "Not long ago I am watching dance performances conducted in caci's one-star hotel in Labuan Bajo in the interest of foreign guests, however, it was not the original dance again," he said.

Siagian explains, tourism opportunities in the West Manggarai Regency in the coming years will be very advanced. "Our common Task to train communities with craft-craft of the original, as well as guests sleep in homestay belonging to residents, the hotel belongs to the local community, local community of diver, a decent, as well as transport ships to Komodo National Park which features the international standards for safety," he explained.

Perpetrators of Tourism West Manggarai Regency, revealed, as much as Getrudis 95 percent of the residents of West Manggarai is the farming community. "How the concept of special interest tourism combined with the farming community. The farming community with a variety of rituals or customs and rituals which are fused with nature, "he said.