Speaking about tourist attraction in West Sumatra, cultural sites could be one of favorable sites to visit. Now, the development of the tourism sector in West Sumatra is directed more towards the sites of Minangkabau -an ethnic group in West Sumatra- as well as retaining and preserving the natural tourism attraction.

Recently the Governor of West Sumatra, Irwan Prayitno, said that the area of tourism within the cultural sites of Minangkabau was the better place for development in attracting tourist both from local and international. However the natural tourism attraction would still need to be developed, especially those that have already been destination sports for tourists, Prayitno added.

The cultural site of Minangkabau that will be developed are the areas of the Siguntur kingdo in the Dharmasraya regency, the area of the Minangkabau village as well as the agro-tourism and the Minangkabau village in Balai Baliki. For the natural tourism attraction that needs to be developed further with better quality includes Kembar lake in Solok regency, Harau Valey in 50 City and the area of Maek Megaltih

However the Governor confessed that the other tourism places in the region had not fully been integrated with the cultural area of Minangkabau, that hold the biggest potential as the support for world tourism.

The problem that they were facing is that the tourism sector had not reached its full potential in the development of the area, he said. The other problem in the tourism sector is the quality of production and the promotion of tourism.

It is the same for the management of activities in the tourism sector, as it has yet to be integrated and has not been able to maximally contribute to the development of the region. Even though, he adds, as one of the destination tourism areas, the development of tourism in the region played an important part in supporting activities in the economy, the rise in the livelihood of the community and the expansion of employment. Well?

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