TWC Greens Banyunibo Temple Area by Planting 380 Tree Seedlings in Banyunibo Temple Tourism Area

Through the Partnership & Environmental Development Program, PT Taman Wisata Candi Borobudur, Prambanan & Ratu Boko (Persero) has distributed assistance in the form of 380 tree seedlings to the Bokoharjo Prambanan Village Government to be planted in the Banyunibo Temple Area, Bokoharjo Prambanan Sleman. Thursday, (04/04/2018).

The Banyunibo area has around 3,5 hectares planted with 380 tree seedlings consisting of 300 Japanese bamboo clump seedlings as a fence for the Banyunibo area, 30 kepel tree seedlings, 25 bisbul tree seedlings and 25 rubber tree seedlings in the Banyunibo tourist area.

Ricky SP Sahaan, Marketing & Service Director of PT Taman Wisata Candi Borobudur, Prambanan & Ratu Boko (Persero) said that for tourism development, Ricky is trying to collaborate with Prambanan sub-district to explore what potentials can be developed from Bokoharjo Village, so that the surrounding destinations can become an attraction for tourism in Banyunibo itself.

Ricky also together with the Prambanan sub-district head and village head explored what could be highlighted that had a sailing venue for tourists to be able to come to the Banyunibo tourist area.

Meanwhile, Doddy Heriyanto, Head of Bokoharjo Prambanan Village, Sleman, said that the plant seedlings that had been planted for greening in the Banyunibo tourist area would later be cared for and maintained by the Banyunibo Pokdarwis, because later it would also be developed to provide comfort for tourists in the Banyunibo area.

According to Doddy, this greening is very necessary because the Banyunibo tourist area is often used for events such as outbound and camping grounds. In addition, Doddy explained that in this area there are many destinations that have not been opened such as Guwo Lowo, Watu Tarung, Tebing Mbanyunibo which has a river below it and Grojogan Bribis, all of the roads are still not all open, hopefully later with the assistance so that access roads can be opened to several destinations in this area.
Doddy also added how TWC plays a role in the development of Banyunibo tourism.

“TWC has also provided a lot of assistance for the development of the Banyunibo area, the early history of this land was that it was a rice field planted with sugar cane, after coordinating with TWC there was a desire to open it as a tourist spot, there was a lot of guidance from TWC for the development of the tourist area in Banyunibo.
The Banyunibo area was launched on December 10, 2016 and the public's enthusiasm until now has been good so that it is often used for events such as holding events for Bank Indonesia, Bbiaya Cukai and government agencies that have repeatedly held activities in the Banyunibo area.

After carrying out the ceremonial handover of this aid, the group headed to the location for planting tree seedlings located on the east side of Banyunibo Temple and each official present planted a tree.