A guide to sustainable tourism in developing countries
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• Redemta Bato, Sumba Hotel Foundation, developed the official website for tourism in Sumba using R630 million obtained from Willyam and Lily Foundation. • Julita Koromtis, Head of Institution Development at the Manado Tourism Office, obtained R400 million for training local guides in basic Mandarin and worked with other AAI participants, Teddy Tandaju. • Benny Irwan Towoliu conducted homestay management training in Budo Village, North Minhasa Regency. He obtained R750 million from village funds and worked with other AAI participants on homestay management training in Budo and Wori Villages, North Minhasa Regency. • Muhammad Buhato identified historical information that links rocks and caves to certain historical events and can be used as new tourist attractions. • Surayh Ryha, NGO worked with La Ode Ahmad Ready Putra, Tourism Department of Wakatobi, to build the capacity of the local Bajau people in Wakatobi. She developed a local tour that was included in the event program. • Istausius Anindito from Bappenas created a white paper to provide input into the government's policy on sustainability. The paper advocated a shift in paradigm from numbers to quality tourism. • Siti Chotijah developed guidelines for digital promotion. A hashtag is being used to monitor the project's success. There has been 23,000 uses of this specific hashtag in a three-month period after launch. • Amila Yunita developed "Guidelines for Adventure Tourism" supported by the Tourism Ministry. • Amanda Fauziah, from Geopark National developed design plans for a visitor information centre and a creative space – which has begun functioning and has had a lot of local visitors, with displays of local crafts, booklets, leaflets, etc. • Bet Lagarense, former Tourism Advisor of North Sulawesi Province and Professor of Tourism at Politeknik Negeri Manado, developed an tourism accreditation program. She also attended an international training course in Siam Reap, Cambodia, with Professor Carter. • Alex Waisimon has built a new guest house in his Nimbokrang Community, Papua to support birdwatching tours. • Yuliana Ramayanti obtained sponsorship from the company Nutrisari and held a local sandcastle building event attracting 200 children from primary school. • Kris Syamsudin has developed a community run café that began in December 2017 and received 10,200,000 in income in February 2018. He continues to help the community build this business. • Ferry Armeinus developed a recycling program that allowed villagers to gain extra income of approximately Rp. 200.000 up to Rp. 500.000 per month for each household that is a member of the garbage bank. • Fanti Frida Yanti cooperated with TELKOM to help install internet facility in media centre as node for tourism business of Baubau. Examples OF PARTICIPANT PROJECT OUTCOMES FROM INDONESIA COHORT 2019: 15