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The head of National Library Muhammad Syarif Bando appreciated Tegal’s Bunda Baca, Roro Kusnabilla Erfa, for the programme to increase the reading culture in her region. One of her programmes at Bunda Baca is literary tourism that could be to inspire the other region to adopt. It was said by Syarif Bando on the webinar with the theme of the participation of Bunda Baca in a new normal adaptation to push the literary culture within the communities, in Jakarta, Thursday, August 27. Syarif Bando said that there are four layers in literature.

"There are four layers in literary based on the UNESCO manifesto. First, we could not declare that we are literated if we do not have access to all new reading resources. UNESCO put the standard that people have to read a minimum of three new books a year. Second, we not only have many books and access but have the knowledge to understand those books. The only way is reading. Third, to have the ability to come up with the ideas, creativity and innovation to change the situation to bring the better. Four, the ability to create high quality of goods and services to sell to the global market" Syarif Bando said. 

Some of the programmes in the Literary Tourism are to visit the schools, local district, improving reading corners and forums, to develop the village literary that involves some 46 reading ambassadors//NK