The Head of the Tourism Office for the Special Region of Yogyakarta Singgih Raharjo inaugurated the Pokdarwis Communication Forum and Yogyakarta Special Region Tourism Village/Village Year 2023 Service Period 2023-2025 at the Sapta Pesona Hall, Wednesday (15/02/2023).

In order to encourage tourist villages/village to become world-class, competitive and sustainable tourism destinations as well as a symbol of national economic revival which has become a new trend of post-pandemic tourism based on nature and culture and the development of tourist villages/village as community-based tourism.

That in order to build and foster a positive attitude and support from the community as the Host through the embodiment of Sapta Pesona values for the growth and development of tourism in the Special Region of Yogyakarta and its benefits for the welfare of the community, it is deemed necessary to establish a Tourism Awareness Group Communication Forum (Pokdarwis) and Villages/ DIY Tourism Village.

The Communication Forum for Pokdarwis and Tourism Villages in the Special Region of Yogyakarta is a community-level institution whose members consist of Pokdarwis administrators and managers of Tourism Villages/Villages in the Special Region of Yogyakarta.