REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BOGOR - People-based tourism was very important and strategic to generate income for local governments, a professor said.

"That`s the reason why we must make good preparations to welcome tourists. Don`t let us be overwhelmed when many tourists come," the dean of the forestry faculty at the Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB), Professor Dr Ir Bambang Hero Saharjo said on Sunday.

He said he warmly welcomed people-based tourism training organized by the postgraduate School of Study Program of Ecotourism Management and Environmental Services (PS MEJ). The program is under the Department of Conservation of Forest Resources and Ecotourism (DKSHE) of Faculty of Forestry of IPB and collaborate with the Culture and Tourism Services of North Maluku Province. 

"We hope this kind of cooperation will be developed in a sustainable way," he said. 

The training is participated in by 15 people, mostly tourism operators from districts in North Maluku. Chief of PS-MEJ Dr Ricky Avenzora meanwhile said after the participants had completed their study in the class they would have on-the-job training in the regions where tourism industry was growing well such as Bogor, Bandung, Yogyakarta and Bali. 

He said the training was designed to develop the participants` outlook and spirit in the development of people-based tourism in North Maluku.

"I hope that the participants of the training will make initiators, motivators and tourism as key players in North Maluku," he said.

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