Ponorogo Regency will again take part in the 2023 Dewi Cemara Festival which will be held on 3-5 November 2023 in Sumenep Regency, precisely in front of the Sumenep Palace. The festival, which was attended by all districts/cities in East Java, competed for the Dewi Cemara award and several other awards such as the Virtual Tour of Tourism Villages and the MSME Exhibition.
Oki Widyanarko, Head of the Destination and Tourism Industry Division, said that this year Ponorogo Regency proposed Klepu Jayandaru Village as the Choice Tourism Village to take part in the Dewi Cemara award. Apart from being a developing tourist village, Klepu Village already has the standards to become a tourist village.
“Klepu Jayandaru Village, because they already have tourism packages and have standard potential for tourist villages, namely homestays, content that supports tourism also already exists, culinary and creative economy,” he said
Apart from the Tourism Village, it also brings Small Business products from Klepu Village to later be exhibited at the exhibition stand there. There are several creative products that are being sold and are included in the most unique products.
One of the products that was quite popular yesterday was the secang drink, namely redwood drink mixed with secang wood. “Then Getuk taro was also declared a superior product according to the jury team there,” he explained.
Through the Dewi Cemara program, it is hoped that it can increase innovation in tourist villages so that they can be sold so that they can improve the economy of the people in those villages.
The Department of Culture, Tourism, Youth and Sports received 3 awards at the 2023 Dewi Cemara Festival including, Best Stand, Best Stand Keeper and Most Unique Product*ponorogotourism. Adv/man
