Ranai – Sektor Pariwisata Natuna kembali mengambil perhatian ajang kompetensi tingkat Nasional. Salah satu desa wisata yang ada di Natuna mampu bersaing dengan desa wisata lainnya diseluruh Indonesia. Desa Mekar Jaya yang terletak di Kecamatan Bunguran Barat masuk sebagai 300 besar dalam ajang Anugerah Desa Wisata Indonesia (ADWI) 2022.

ADWI 2022 merupakan ajang kompetisi Desa inovatif dan kreatif dengan konsep wisata yang diselenggarakan oleh Kementerian Pariwisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif (Kemenparekraf). Ada 4 Desa Wisata dari Kepri yang masuk sebagai 300 besar, yakni Desa Mekar Jaya (Natuna), Desa Wisata Benan dan Desa Wisata Resun (Lingga) dan Desa Wisata Kampung Terih (Kota Batam).

Sebelumnya lolos sebagai 500 besar dan kini sudah masuk 300 besar. Dalam sambutan Menteri Pariwisata Ekonomo Kreatif menyampaikan Anugerah Desa Wisata 2022 dalam mewujudkan desa wisata yang berkelas dunia, berdaya saing global dan berkelanjutan untuk Indonesia bangkit.

Kepada seluruh Desa wisata yang belum lolos 300 besar Desa Wisata ADWI 2022 tetap terus tingkatkan inovasi, adaptasi dan kolaborasi melalui pengisian data Desa wisata di website Jadesta sebagai wadah dan arah Kemenparekraf dalam penyusunan rencana pengembangan desa-desa wisata seluruh Indonesia,” Kata Sandiaga Uno saat mengumumkan 300 Desa wisata yang lolos ADWI 2022.

Panorama mangrove Desa Mekar Jaya dari udara.

Selanjutnya Kepala Dinas Pariwisata Kabupaten Natuna, Hardinansyah sangat bangga dan mengucapkan terima kasih kepada pengelola Desa Wisata Mekar Jaya yang sudah bekerja keras untuk menggaung nama Natuna dikancah Nasional.

“Kita berharap agar Desa Wisata Mekar Jaya kembali lolos sebagai 50 besar dan menjadi pemenang pada ADWI 2022. Semoga kedapannya  ada desa wisata lain yang ada Natuna yang ikut mewakili nama Natuna lewat ajang kompetensi pariwisata lainnya”, ungkap Hardinansyah.

Beberapa fasilitas pendukung yang tersedia di Mangrove Mekar Jaya, yakni Boardwalk, Crab Resto, gazebo dan jaringan selular. Sedangkan aktivitass yang bisa dilakukan seperti fotografi, mancing, menyusuri bakau dan hangout. (DT)

 

Mekar Jaya Tourism Village Passed the Top 300 of the National Tourism Village Event.

Ranai – The Natuna Tourism Sector, once again, has taken the attention of the National competence event. One of the tourist villages in Natuna is able to compete with other tourist villages throughout Indonesia. Mekar Jaya Village, which is located in West Bunguran District, has been selected  in the top 300 of 2022 Indonesian Tourism Village Award (ADWI) event.

 

ADWI 2022 is an innovative and creative village competition event with a tourism concept organized by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf). There are 4 Tourism Villages from Riau Islands which are in the top 300, namely Mekar Jaya Village (Natuna),  Benan Tourism Village and Resun Tourism Village (Lingga), and Terih Village Tourism Village (Batam City).

Previously qualified as the top 500 and now is in the top 300. The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, in his speech, conveyed the 2022 Tourism Village Award in realizing a world-class tourism village, globally competitive and continuously for Indonesia to rise.

To all tourist villages that have not passed the top 300 Tourism Villages of ADWI 2022, to keep to improve the innovation, adaptation and collaboration through filling out the tourist village data on the Jadesta website as a forum and direction for the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy in preparing the development plans of tourist villages throughout Indonesia,” said Sandiaga Uno when announcing the top 300 tourist villages of ADWI 2022.

 

Furthermore, the Head of the Natuna Regency Tourism Office, Hardinansyah, was very proud and thanked the manager of the Mekar Jaya Tourism Village who had worked hard to raise the name of Natuna on the national stage.

 

“We hope that Mekar Jaya Tourism Village will qualify as the top 50 and become the winner at ADWI 2022. Hopefully in the future there will be another tourist village in Natuna that will represent the name of Natuna through other tourism competence events,” said Hardinansyah.

Several supporting facilities are available at Mangrove Mekar Jaya, namely Boardwalk, Crab Resto, gazebo and cellular network. While the activities that can be done such as photography, fishing, along the mangroves and hangouts.

(DT) Translated by: Intan RK