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Indonesian Minister of Tourism Arief Yahya officially opened the grand event of the Tanjung Lesung Festival by performing a ceremonial tradition of mortar collision at Lalassa Beach Tanjung Lesung. In his remarks on Friday, September 27, 2019, Minister Arif Yahya expressed his support for the rise of the tourism industry in Banten by proposing Ujung Kulon as a UNESCO Global Geopark in 2020.

“So I will support the submission of the National Geopark for Ujung Kulon and this will be very good and we hope that this year Ujung Kulon will also become the National Geopark. Earlier, I had already instructed the ministry to provide assistance. The requirement that has not yet been fulfilled is the master plan but we are still lucky because the proposal for the dossier was still being postponed until October. So we hope that this year it will be a National Geopark. If so, Ujung Kulon can become UGG or UNESCO Global Geopark next year,” said Arief Yahya.

Minister Arif Yahya added that his party was building supporting infrastructure such as toll roads, railroads and international airports as access to the Tanjung Lesung area. Tanjung Lesung Festival hits national trending topic on Twitter and this event has made it into the Calendar of 100 National Events for 3 years in a row. (NK/trans by PUTRI)