REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LANGKAT -- In 2014, some 5.3 thousand foreign tourists, mainly from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, and Germany, visited North Sumatra's ecotourism resort of Tangkahan located in Batang Serangan, Langkat District.

"Some 5.3 thousand foreign tourists visited Tangkahan," Edi Sunardi, the manager of the Conservation Response Unit of Tangkahan, remarked here on Monday.

"During 2014, the number of foreign tourist arrivals was very high as compared to the previous year," he noted.

He stated that foreign tourists visited Tangkahan to enjoy the natural panorama and to also catch a glimpse of the elephants.

Moreover, the tourist resort has three waterfalls: Lau Garut, Glugur, and Gua Kambing waterfalls.

The resort has a wide variety of fauna such as elephants, orangutans, siamang, deer, bears, and tigers. The park also has a wide variety of trees in Sumatra.

Meanwhile, North Sumatra Governor Gatot Pujonugroho and Langkat Deputy Head of Sub-district Sulistianto also visited the ecotourism resort of Tangkahan.

The governor and deputy head of the sub-district observed the park's potential for the development of tourism.

The governor also inspected the provincial road to the region, which needs immediate repairs.

"The North Sumatra Government will cooperate with PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) III to repair the road around the ecotourism resort of Tangkahan soon," he remarked.

In addition, Gatot also surveyed the road connecting Tangkahan District, Batang Serangan, with Bukit Lawang, Bohorok District, for the development of tourism in the two areas.

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