Attractions Pesisir Selatan District Favored Foreign Residents

Carocok Beach (by Pesisir Selatan)

Year-end holidays are a time for families to recreation and visiting the sights. This is because this time including holiday long weekend. One place that has enough attractions in West Sumatra Province is the Pesisir Selatan District.

Sally (21), a visitor from Pekanbaru, Riau Province, traveled to tourist areas Carocok Beach, Painan, together with college friends totaling 21 people. She was very interested in visiting Carocok Beach, because the beach is one of the beautiful beaches and very suitable for recreation.

"We did make Carocok Beach as a target long excursions on a vacation this year. Because we want to know and look closely at the beauty of a well-known tourist area," said Sally, as reported PadangToday.com, Tuesday (25/12 / 2012).

Besides Carocok Beach, there are also other interesting attractions that are worth visiting in the Pesisir Selatan. It is as disclosed Miranda (23), visitors from Kerinci, Jambi Province. She along with 10 colleagues to visit several attractions such as Carocok and Sungai Nipah Beaches. In addition, they also visited the tourist area in Root Bridge Puluik-Puluik, Bayang Utara. 

"I was amazed by the beauty of the Pesisir Selatan District, so naturally if the area is used as one of nature excursions by people outside the area, including us. Yet in terms of readiness, it still needs to be improved by the host. Because by selling only natural beauty, it's not enough," said Miranda. 

Pesisir Selatan District is an area that has interesting places to visit. Head of Tourism Pesisir Selatan District Government, Iqbal Rama Dipayana acknowledged that the level visits to area attractions in the Pesisir Selatan District is high. However, it is still a problem is a accommodation. 

"The high level visit to the limited availability of accommodation means approved visitors still complain. All it obviously needed a solution with the owners of capital and the willingness of investors to invest," he said. 

The interest on the public visiting the various attractions in Pesisir Selatan District indicates that this area is one of the strategic location of the development of the tourist area. Hopefully, future improvements in terms of infrastructure and non-infrastructure can continue to attract visitors to travel to Pesisir Selatan District.