Meliadi Sembiring Pantau Kesiapan Koperasi Kelola Wisata Rafting di Bogor
Indonesian Senior Official Monitor Readiness the Cooperative Manages White Water Rafting
DEPUTI PENGKAJIAN Sumberdaya UKMK di Kementerian Koperasi dan Usaha Kecil Menengah (UKMK), Meliadi Sembiring menguji langsung kesiapan instruktur dan pemandu wisata arung jeram di Gunung Salak Endah, Bogor, Jawa Barat.
Hal itu dilakukannya terkait keberadaan Koperasi Hijau Loka Purna disingkat K-Halipa, yang tercatat sebagai pertama di Indonesia menggarap usaha rafting di kawasan wisata berhawa sejuk tersebut.
"Melihat besarnya peluang usaha wisata rafting di Gunung Salak Endah yang memiliki banyak air terjun dan aliran sungai yang panjang sehingga layak dikembangkan sebagai wisata rafting standar internasional," kata Meliadi Sembiring di Bogor, Kamis pekan lalu.
Deputi Menkop dan UKM hadir di Gunung Salak Endah didampingi Asisten Deputi Urusan Penelitian Sumberdaya UKM, Daniel Asnur, Kepala Bidang Penyelenggara Penelitian Sumberdaya UKM, Joko Sutrisno dan beberapa pejabat terkait di Kemenkop dan UKM. Selain peninjauan, dilakukan pula bimbingan teknis program rintisan dan replikasi usaha di bidang agroekoturisme oleh koperasi di Kabupaten Bogor.
Meliadi mengingatkan, melihat besarnya peluang usaha wisata rafting, maka bantuan sosial dari kementerian untuk membeli enam perahu karet untuk mendukung animo wisatawan untuk rafting. (Foto2: B2B/M. Achsan Atjo)
THE DEPUTY SMEs Resource Assessment of the Indonesian Cooperative and SMEs, Meliadi Sembiring Meliadi Sembiring test the readiness of the instructors, and white water rafting guides at Mount Salak Endah in Pamijahan subdistrict of Bogor district, West Java province.
It was done related to the existence of Hijau Loka Purna Cooperative, locally known as K-Halipa, as the first cooperative in Indonesia serving a rafting tour. K-Halipa manage white water rafting in Mount Salak Endah.
"The potential for rafting tour on Mount Salak Endah which has many waterfalls and streams that should be developed as an international standard rafting tour," Mr Sembiring said here on Thursday last week.
Mr. Sembiring working visit in Bogor, accompanied by Deputy Assistant for Research Resources SMEs, Daniel Asnur, Head of SME Resource Research Organizer, Joko Sutrisno and some relevant officials in the ministry. Another activity is the technical guidance, and replication of agro business by relevant government agencies in Bogor.
He reminded, funds from the ministry to purchase six boats expected to support the rafting tour to anticipate the interest of tourists. (Pictures of B2B/M. Achsan Atjo)
