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KabarIndonesia - Tourists, especially from foreign countries, want a treat unique and original. To that end, the necessary human resources (HR) who qualified in the field of tourism. Thus, the level of tourist visit to Indonesia each year has increased. "Human Resource Development of tourism industry players important enough to boost the level of tourist visits to Indonesia," said Winarno Sudjar, Secretary of the Directorate General of Tourism Destination Development, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, met sidelines of Tourism Workshop Facilitation of Business Development, Pacitan Hall, Wednesday ( 15 / 7).

Data from Disbudpar shows, the level of tourist visit to Indonesia during the period January-April 2009 reached 1.8 million tourists. This amount increased by 1.5 percent compared to same period last year. In the year 2008 the total tourist traffic to reach 6 million people. However this figure is still below the level of tourist visits to other countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and China. "The potential of tourism we can not lose. It's just that our service problem left behind, "said Winarno.

Increased HR actors tourism industry, go Winarno is very important. The reason is, travelers who want more services from their destination. Not only comfort, safety is also required for travelers to visit. In fact, other factors such as food and fruit hand should also be considered.

Meanwhile, Vice Regent Pacitan, HG Sudibyo admitted that so far the role of human resources in the world of tourism is not adequate. Therefore, Pemkab Pacitan the future will be every effort to improve human resources in tourism through the recruitment of civil servants. For investors who will invest in tourism will also be provided convenience. "We will provide convenience for investors in Pacitan."

Tourism Business Development Facilitation activities will be held over two days, 15 to 16 July. Agenda activities include debriefing of the introduction of tourism to the tourism potential of youth, tourism, business building workshops and technical guidance for tourism businesses. In the last days later, the activities will be filled with social work in the area of tourism in the district of Goa Gong Punung. (*)