Enjoy the Festival Langkisau

Participants of renang samudera (swim the ocean race)
was getting ready at the Painan Pier.

Langkisau Festival is a tourism event held every year by the Government of the Pesisir Selatan District, West Sumatra Province. In this annual event, held various activities that combine sport and arts and culture, with the aim to promote the potential of tourism in the Pesisir Selatan District.

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Painan City Has 2 Free Internet Wifi Hotspot

Office of Pesisir Selatan District Government in Painan.
(Photo by Web of Pesisir Selatan District Government)

Painan City now has two locations Free Wifi Hotspot for the internet which has been active since of 03 November 2012. Free Wifi Hotspot is a collaboration between the Ministry of Communication and Information through BP3TI (Balai Penyedian dan Pengelola Pembiayaan Telekomunikasi dan Informatika) and Departments of Transportation, Communication and Information of Pesisir Selatan District, in order to hold a internet public access services to KPU/USO (Kewajiban Pelayanan Universal/Universal Service Obligation).

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Presence Star Hotels Needed in Pesisir Selatan

Welcome monument in Painan, Pesisir Selatan District.
(Photo by Anindityo)

To increase tourist visits, one of the efforts is to prepare star hotels. This can be done by investors. Because, local budgets limited to build the tourism facilities.

Vice Regent of Pesisir Selatan Editiawarman, Pesisir Selatan District is currently in dire need of the presence of star hotels to support tourism. Some lodging places in the district is only budget hotels class or like the local inns (homestead), to serve guests who come and stay tour both from within and outside the country.

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Pasir Putih Beach Will Be A Beautiful Place

Heavy equipment was working to repair roads along
the Pasir Putih Beach, in Lengayang.
(Photo by Muhammad Noli Hendra/Padang-Today.com)

Natural disasters that befell the Pasir Putih Beach area, in Lengayang, Pesisir Selatan District a year ago, did not make the area a place filled with bitter stories for local residents. According to local residents, Pasir Putih Beach which is an area that floods the former would be a beautiful tourist spot.

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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.

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Year-end Holidays, Hotels in Painan Full

Carocok Beach (by Dhila)

Towards the end of 2012, a number of hotels in the capital of the Pesisir Selatan District, Painan, full. As reported SumbarOnline.com, Saturday (22/12/2012), based on the observation in several hotels, such as Anordia Hotel, a number of rooms were booked well in advance. In fact, Anordia Hotel parking lot was packed.

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Painan City Can Grow to be A Tour City

DEVELOPMENT of Painan City as a center of government Pesisir Selatan District is expected to be more rapidly again in the near future. The change in the direction of that development has been seen from the changes in the function of land use from agricultural land into settlement and trading business land.

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