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| Simeulue Angkeu Beach before the tsunami Photo by: Hajjatun Chairah |
Of the four basic needs, the area of Simeulue can be said has been fulfilled. Accommodation facilities consist of 3 hostels namely Simeuleu Inn, Inn Sukma Raya, and the New Golden Inns and restaurants totaling 7 pieces. Transportation tool available to the Simeuleu from Banda Aceh, there are two paths using the sea route ships through the port of Banda Aceh and ulhelee Aircraft by Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport in Blang Bintang. In addition to visiting tourist areas on the island of Simeulue, tourists can use public transport or chartered vehicles both cars and motorcycles. While the attractions that can be seen tourists visiting Simeulue there are many choices of cultural attractions to the public life of Simeulue.
However, the above is not enough. All the basic needs of tourism are available in Simeulue are only able to serve the local community and visitors from outside Simeulue who came for other purposes. Although it has been served by the aviation and marine services, but to go Simeulue many people find difficult. Flight only serviced by the SMAC, an aviation company with a small plane. With aircraft that has a seating capacity of 18-22 that is always fully booked, the tourists who will travel to Simeulue to be patient for a week to wait for the flight schedule and it was not necessarily get a ticket. While transportation by sea do not have a fixed schedule and is only serviced by small boats. Accommodation is available in Simeulue is just level the average inn has 15 rooms had no air conditioning.
Efforts to Develop Tourism Simeulue
Various stories of tourists both domestic and abroad who visited Simeulue who complained about the lack of facilities to make tourism development efforts in Simeulue be a tough challenge for all stakeholders especially Local Government Simeulue.
Simeulue Local Government is fully aware that Simeuelue less attractive for investors to invest their capital in these derah.
For that Simeulue government tried to increase the attraction of investors to develop various policies such as setting the direction of economic development policy. The policy direction related to the tourism sector are:
1. Explore and develop special areas of culture and art sourced Simeulue rooted in the heritage of Islamic culture in order to support the maintenance of harmonious community life.
2. Programmatic cooperation between all government agencies relating to indigenous institutions and artists in society.
3. Arrange and fix the sights of nature and marine tourism economic value without damaging the environment, combined with the development of cultural arts and souvenirs typical of Simeulue.
4. Building and rebuilding the appreciation of art and custom entrenched in society as an antidote to foreign cultures that can damage the morale and national identity.
5. Creating a social climate that can open to the public ample opportunity to play a role in applying the laws and customs in order to live that are adhered to and respected.
In addition to establishing policy direction, the local government also Simeulue Simeulue tourism area management plan directed at the concept of marine tourism and nature tourism in the spirit of Back to Nature so that tourism development while maintaining ecosystem balance Simeulue.
As for the future development plan is as follows:
1. Building a tourist area to sunbathe on the beach Lasikin Lambaya beach along 40 Km.
2. Building to support the tourist resorts of Kuta Beach in Batu, Buluhhadek, Lafakha, Miteum, Babang, Langi.
3. Developing tourism in the forests of the Lok Ulo Lake, Pearl Lake and Suak Tubes.
4. Maintaining websites like Tengku At the end of the Tomb.
