MAKASSAR – The Mayor of Makassar, Moh. Ramdhan ‘Danny’ Pomanto, visited the Milan Tourism Alley or Lorong Wisata (Longwis) Milan, located in Totaka Village, Ujung Tanah District, Thursday (20/10).
On that occasion, he did not come alone, but with a number of guests from abroad.
They are the Senior Consultant Port of Antwerp Bruges Belgia Anwar Wazir and the CEO and CFO of the United State’s Carbon Market Exchange, Shenna Fortner dan Ralph W. Carmichael.
To his guests, Danny Pomanto exhibited the creativity of the MSMEs in the alley, the Mata Allo Waste Bank, food plant nursery activities, and the cultivation of catfish and freshwater crayfish managed by residents.
“This is Lorong Wisata, a program that we encourage to revive the economy and maintain its resilience,” said Danny Pomanto.
“I deliberately brought my guests to introduce our program, so that Ujung Tanah residents could know how it feels like if foreign tourists visit the alley,” he continued.
Danny Pomanto also emphasized that the already qualified Longwis will focus on the productivity of the cultivation that is developed.
“It’s the same with MSMEs, because I want the SKPD, if we want to hold a meeting, let’s do it in Longwis. We focus on developing the Longwis, we will bring people in,” he said.
Presented to accompany, Head of Diskominfo Mahyuddin, Head of DKP Muhammad Rheza, Head of Ujung Tanah Sub-district Ibrahim Chaidar Sai, and Secretary of Cameroon Amanda Syahwaldi.
Makassar has named itself as one of the cities in Indonesia that is eager to become the attractive and fun tourism city these past few years.
Located in the gate of East Indonesia, this city has seen many tourists and businessmen spending their time here to explore exotic places in the said area.
And for that specific reason, Makassar wants to introduce itself in the future as a tourism city by building the colorful tourism alleys.
This idea is included in the tourism project made by the city’s mayor himself, Mohammad Ramdhan Pomanto.
While Makassar owns 175,8 km square land, the 1.061 alleys will be spread to 150 sub-districts within the city. Fantastic, isn’t it?
The alleys will be beautified with various writings containing educational messages. Some of it will also be used as a place for playing ende-ende, which is favored by children and adults.
In other words, tourists who adore the village atmosphere, will probably feel at home for a long time staying in this place too.
