Geopark Ngarai Sianok & Maninjau
Geopark Ngarai Sianok & Maninjau
Minister of National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas Suharso
Monoarfa made a working visit (Kunker) to Bukittinggi, Saturday
(10/4). The minister and his entourage visited the Ngarai Sianok Maninjau
National Geopark. The group was welcomed by Mayor Erman Safar and
the Regional Secretary along with the Heads of related SKPDs at Panorma
Park and Lobang Jepang (Japanese Manhole).
The Mayor of Bukittinggi, Erman Safar, welcomed and explained the
condition of the city of Bukittinggi and introduced the Ngarai Sianok
Maninjau National Geopark which has been designated and recognized as a
national geopark area based on the Decree of the Indonesian National Geopark
Committee along with 8 other geopark areas nationally. This was initiated by
the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and future efforts to move towards the UNESCO
Global Geopark. Apart from that, The Mayor also explained efforts to further
strengthen the concept of the Ngarai Sianok tourist attraction itself.
Ngarai Sianok will become a tourism object that we will
optimize at night. "Later there will be several additions to strengthen
the concept such as video mapping. Every weekend night, the walls of this
canyon will be shot with video mapping by making a video about the history of
the formation of the canyon and the city of Bukittinggi," said Erman.
Minister of National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas Suharso
Monoarfa really admires the beauty of Ngarai Sianok and the current
development of Bukittinggi. He strongly supports raising the status of
this area to a world region by proposing that it become a UNESCO Global Geopark
area again.
On this occasion, Minister Suharso Monoarfa also said that there
should be more trash bins in the city center and a reduction in the use of
plastic bags in daily life.
“I propose that we no longer use plastic bags here. "This will also
help promote the geopark itself, because what we are selling here is this
extraordinary environment," said Suharso.
On
that occasion, Minister Suharso Monoarfa also inspected the Lobang
Jepang historical tourist attraction.