Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Tourist Visit West Sumatra Reduced

Level of tourist arrivals after the earthquake and tsunami Mentawai Padang decreased drastically. At the macro level, the number of foreign tourists (tourists) minus 16 percent in 2010 compared to 2009. This was revealed by Head of Culture and Tourism of West Sumatra Pritchard Kompas.com Ward when found in a press conference at the Tour de Singkarak Enchantment Sapta Building, Jakarta, Monday (02/28/2011).

"The first thing to do repair area tourist destinations. We are coordinating with each of the municipality to perform the recovery," said Pritchard. For example, the area of cultural heritage in Pariaman.

He added that most of the tourist area is not problematic. Only, access to the several tourist destinations need improvement. "Like a train, can not pass because there are landslides and bridges need to be repaired," he said.

He said, West Sumatra's tourism center to be addressed. One development is the emergence of new hotels. In addition, West Sumatra has 12 tourist villages into a tourist attraction.

Quoted from :http://travel.kompas.com/read/2011/03/01/22594839/Kunjungan.Wisman.ke.Sumbar.Anjlok

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