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Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno appreciated the Hanjeli tourist village which focused on developing food security programs which made into the top 50 of the 2022 Indonesian Tourism Village Award (ADWI) event.
Menparekraf Sandiaga during his tour to the 50 of ADWI 2022, explained that Hanjeli Tourism Village in the Ciletuh Palabuhanratu Geopark Area offers the concept of edutourism, which offers the toursists to learn to cultivate the "hanjeli" food plant which is almost extinct.
“This is the 40th tourist village out of the top 50 ADWI 2022 that I visited, promoting local food restoration. Hanjeli plants itself also have good nutrition for us. When we want to achieve food security, the Hanjeli Tourism Village can help us achieving it just right, "explained Sandiaga.
The hanjeli plant or also known as jali, enjelai, or barley is a type of tropical grain plant from the family of Poaceae. This plant grows a lot in the Hanjeli Village.
Hanjeli Tourism Village adds the principles of sustainable tourism by building a "sense of place" geographical character that emphasizes all elements of natural and cultural characters so as to create a different tourism experience.
At the Hanjeli Tourism Village, tourists are invited to learn about local food, starting from how to plant and harvest hanjeli using traditional tools. Sandiaga also tried this experience and saw firsthand the process of processing hanjeli. In fact, he even tried to participate in processing hanjeli in the traditional way, starting from winnowing the grains and then breaking the grains of hanjeli using a mortar.
Sandiaga was also treated to various theatrical acts and dances. Sandiaga believes that the Hanjeli Tourism Village is one of the locations that can create new job opportunities for its residents.
Sandiaga hopes that the Hanjeli Tourism Village can become more popular and become a favorite tourist destination. The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy will help provide assistance in terms of creating promotional content considering that there is so much potential that can be worked on from the tourist village.
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