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Ketapang, 29 November 2022, held at the Directorate Hall of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic), the Tourism Village Management Workshop in Ketapang Regency was organized in collaboration with Politeknik Negeri Ketapang, the Ketapang Regency Tourism and Culture Office, and the Ketapang Regency Tourism Awareness Community (Masata). This event was attended by village heads, village-owned enterprise (BUMDes) managers, and Tourism Awareness Groups (Pokdarwis) from eight villages: Kendawangan Kiri Village, Laman Satong Village, Sinar Kuri Village, Jelayan Village, Sungai Awan Kanan Village, Mekar Utama Village, Suka Baru Village, and Kinjil Pesisir Village.
Endang Kusmana, Director of Politap, stated in his opening remarks that this event is one of the initiatives to build vocational education from villages through tourism village activities, representing Politap's effort to support village development in the tourism sector by developing village potential.
Endang added that through Project-Based Learning (PBL) in the D-III Information Technology Study Program, Politap has developed the e-KTG application—an electronic Ketapang Travel Guide—which is currently being co-developed with the Ketapang Regency Tourism Awareness Community (Masata). Through e-KTG, tourism village packages across eight villages are being created and can be accessed by both domestic and international tourists.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Ketapang Regency Tourism and Culture Office, Absalon, SE., M.Sos, stated in his opening address that the local government is ready to capitalize on the opportunity to apply technology through Project-Based Learning courses, particularly to support rural tourism industries.
The tourism village management workshop featured several presentations: the role of Pokdarwis in tourism villages presented by a speaker from the Ketapang Regency Tourism and Culture Office, and the role of business entities in tourism villages and tourism hamlets delivered by the Ketapang Regency Community Empowerment and Village Government Office,
Tourism business licensing delivered by the Ketapang Regency Investment and One-Stop Integrated Services Office, tourism information and promotion along with the role of higher education institutions presented by Eka Wahyudi, Head of Department of Information Technology, and Tourism Village Management delivered by Setra Kusumardana, Head of the Tourism Awareness Community.