Q: What is Belitung tourism promotion strategy in 2023, both in the domestic and international market? Is there a specific target later?
A: For future targets, of course, we are always optimistic that we will continue to grow. We only have one hope for the future: how we promote Belitung tourism with various activities that can be done in Belitung. One of our advantages today is bicycle-riding. Other than in Belitung, where can you find people cycling on the highway safely, try it in Jakarta, can you cycling on the highway? You would be hit by motorbikes and cars. In contrast to Belitung, in Belitung you can ride comfortably and freely on the highway because the road conditions here are relatively empty. We also offer a variety of sports activities here. Tourists can also comfortably play golf with angle view of the extraordinarily beautiful granite. There is only one thing from the central government to support us, it is the re-opening of international flights. Our target is of course the planes entering Belitung. If only international flights could be re-opened, it would be very remarkable, Belitung would recover as before and the tourism world in Belitung would rise again.
Q: Are there special promotions related to Belitung tourism abroad, such as Singapore, Malaysia, and China, which before the Covid-19 pandemic had existed but had to be stopped due to the pandemic?
A: It looks like in the future we will be back doing promotions abroad, outside the region, other than that I said earlier that UNESCO has promoted Belitung for free to the whole world and that is a positive value for us. We are very grateful because promotion abroad costs a lot and we are promoted for free by Unesco. That’s the advantage of Belitung to be pointed as a Unesco Global Geopark, meaning that Belitung is ready to become a tourist destination with global standards.
