West Sumatera is a province that located in the largest island 's of Indonesia, Sumatera. West Sumatera has many wonderful attractions to offer. It has beautiful lakes, majestic volcanoes and also beautiful small islands surroundings, which can be a memorable adventure for the visitors. One of the most interesting place to visit in West Sumatera is Bukittinggi city.
Image of Jam Gadang, the
most iconic spot in Bukittinggi
Source : Itiak
Lado Mudo Pak Ayang, 2017
Bukittinggi or "high hill", is a small scenic town that located 930 m above sea level with a temperate climate in the whole year, with natural beauty, history and also authentic West Sumatra/Padang cuisine (Wikivoyage, 2018). We can taste Padang and Kapau food in Bukittinggi, with their beef "rendang" or slow cooked beef curry that recognized as the most delicious food in the world (CNN travel, 2017). Another example of local cuisine in Bukittinggi is Nasi Kapau (Kapau rice), that served with a lot of different types of side dishes, that mostly cooked with coconut oil.
Image of Nasi Kapau
Source : Febrian
& Kusumawardhani, 2016
Besides its delicious number of foods, Bukittinggi also has a lot tourist attractions. The most important place to visit is Jam Gadang, a clock tower that built in 1926 during the Dutch colonial time, which near several open markets that offer so many stuffs to buy. Furthermore it is also has an impressive attraction that called Ngarai Sianok (Sianok canyon), a natural reserve with wild landscapes and also one of the UNESCO's global geo park, and so many other places to visit like Goa Jepang (Japanese cave), Taman Panorama (View Garden), Bung Hatta Museum, etc.
Image of Ngarai Sianok
Souce : N. Huffadhila,
2016
Moreover, Bukittinggi
also offers a unique culture experiences. The majority of the population of the
locals are Minangkabau ethnic group. The name of Minangkabau
means buffalo's triumphant, that become symbol of the culture. Minangkabau
culture is quite different with other Indonesian cultures. Their culture is
matrilineal racing of kinship over the female line, with also the property and
land going down from mother to daughter, while religious and political matters
are men's responsibility. The unique fact about Minangnese people is they are
like to go far from their home for making some business or get a better
life (merantau). Merantau is considered as one of the success point.
That is why half of the Minang people scattered throughout many Indonesian
area. Besides the Islamic faith, Minang people also follow their adat (customs)
referred by animist believed.
Image of Rumah Gadang, Traditional house of Minang people
Source : Renggi
photoart cited in Seruni, 2017
Because of the richness of natural wonders, cultures, and food, Bukittinggi has been picked by the local government as a "tourism city"(eturbonews.com, 2018). A lot of things has been done by the local and national government to promote tourism in Bukitttinggi. This including the reconstruction of the Jam Gadang, and the creation of so many tourism events. One of the recent tourism event that been held in Bukittinggi is Minang Geopark Run. It is a sport tourism event that created by the local government, ITB and PTTI with support from Ministry of Tourism Indonesia. The event succeed to attract international and local tourists to come to visit Bukittinggi.
The teamwork between all
different stakeholders like local and national government, universities and
private sectors are important to improving the potential of the tourism
development, and it seems that it is already established. However, the number
of tourists that visiting Bukittinggi is still low compare to the tourists that
visiting other main tourist destination in Indonesia. One of the primary
problem that Bukittinggi faces is the lack of tourism infrastructure. Hidayat
et al, 2017 stated that there are various problems in West Sumatera tourism
infrastructure. The problems are: the non-appearance of transportation system
to support tourism activity, the problems of connectivity and accessibility
between tourism spots, the lack of land development, poor standard of toilet
and waste facilities and minimum low budget for tourism investment.
In conclusion,
Bukittinggi has high potential to be developed as the main tourism destination
in Indonesia. There are several steps were taken by the local and national
government to promote the Bukittinggi and West Sumatera tourism, but the number
of tourists are remain low. So to enhance the potential of tourism development,
the government need to improve the infrastructure related to the tourism
activities, to accomplish the convenience of the visitors.
Bukittinggi turns into West Sumatra unique tourism
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