Banjarmasin, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - Acting Governor of South Kalimantan Safrizal ZA supports the efforts to develop tourist villages in the province to improve the welfare of local communities.
South Kalimantan, according to him, has beautiful and unique tourism potential if managed properly, so the government needs to support the development efforts.
"I appeal to the community to manage rivers and swamps well, so it will look beautiful and become a comfortable sight and become tourist attractions,"," he said in Banjarmasin, Monday.
Such as the tourist area of Swarga Loka, which stands for Susur Awang Rawa Gambut dan Lokasi Kerajinan (cruising the swamp peatland of Awang and handicraft) in Haur Gading Sub-district, North Hulu Sungai (HSU).
Safrizal, who visited the location with his wife, said the panorama in Haur Gading was so good to take selfies with the background of forest and the savannah of purun (a grass-like plant that grows naturally in the peatlands or known as Chinese water chestnuts).
Previously, Safrizal and his entourage experienced the sensation of cruising the swamp peat river of Awang which crossing the two villages of Pulantani and Tambak Sari Panji in Haur Gading.
The Swarga Loka tourist destination is a mainstay in North Hulu Sungai where most of its area is swampy. The area is located between the Tabalong River in the east and the Barito River in the west.
The journey was taken by motorized boat with only two passengers wandering through a vast expanse of which is overgrown with purun plants.
One of the facilities of the tourist site is a fire monitoring tower, which was built for tourists as well as a place to monitor forest and land fire to anticipate. It was also used to spy on illegal logging.
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