Anambas Has 120 Coral Reef Points, Government Holds Diving and Snorkeling Training

Editor: Putri Larasati Anggiawan

TRIBUNBATAM.id, ANAMBAS - Famous for the beauty of its tourism objects, now Belibak Village, Palmatak District has Training on Snorkeling and Diving Tourism Integration.

Recently, Regent of Anambas Islands, Abdul Haris, officially opened the activity organized by Anambas Islands Tourism and Culture Department (Disparbud).

The enthusiasm of the community has been tremendous with the opening of snorkeling and diving tour guide training.

When the training opened, the number of snorkeling participants was 20, destination management training was 20 and diving was 40 participants.

The training participants came from representatives of tourist villages in Anambas Islands, such as diving at Kusuma Resort, while snorkeling was held in Belibak Village, Pangeran Island.

The instructors themselves are directly brought in from Segara Dive Certification Institute, namely Scuba School International (SSI), which will train diving participants, while for snorkeling training is guided by Indonesian Tour Guides Association (HPI).

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The Regent of Anambas Islands, Abdul Haris, really hopes that the progress of tourism in the future will continue to be improved.

"Having a tour guide who takes part in this training can advance Anambas tourism," said Haris, Tuesday (25/8/2020).

Of the 120 points of coral reefs that have been determined by the local government, they will be guarded by tour guides, both diving and snorkeling.

Meanwhile, Head of Culture, Samad said that the opening of this training was to encourage the economy of the community in the tourism sector.

"To encourage the tourism sector, it will also have an impact on increasing the people's economy, especially local people who have investment opportunities and opportunities to develop the charm of destinations in Anambas," he said.

He also revealed that the budget used is assisted by Central Government through the budget (APBN), both physical and non-physical activities which will later be contained in the non-physical Special Allocation Fund (DAK) budget for 2020.

The implementation of this activity takes place from Monday (24/8/2020) to Thursday (27/8/2020) August 2020, at Belibak Village and Kusuma Resort. (Tribunbatam.id/Rahma Tika)

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