The soft launching of Klawas Waterpark was held by PTBA President Director Arsal Ismail. The Board of Directors of PTBA, Chairman of the Muara Enim DPRD Liono Basuki, Acting Regional Secretary of Muara Enim H Riswandar, Head of Tanjung Enim Police Iptu Yogie Sugama Hasyim, Danramil Lawang Kidul Captain Czi Sujarwo, and traditional leaders also attended the event.
"This morning, we are witnessing together a new history for our Tanjung Enim city. The Tanjung Enim Waterpark with various facilities, has been completed and is ready to function," said Arsal.
The Klawas Waterpark construction began in October 2019. The building area in the Waterpark area is 3,994 m2. Facilities include the main entrance, water playground, receiving pool, changing and rinse rooms, prayer room, pond and garden.
Klawas Waterpark is open every day. The ticket price is IDR 20,000 per person on Monday-Friday and IDR 25,000 per person on Saturday-Sunday.
In line with PTBA's commitment in sustainability vision, especially sustainable community and environmental management, Arsal hopes that Klawas Waterpark can become a new destination that improves people's lives from the tourism sector.
"We would like to express our gratitude to all parties who have supported the Klawas Waterpark development process. Hopefully this facility can increase the tourism sector’s growth in Tanjung Enim, in accordance with our shared aspirations of making Tanjung Enim a tourist city. Hopefully this Waterpark would be the first step for other constructions of supporting facilities for the city we love," said Arsal.
The Tanjung Enim Tourism City Program aims to make coal mining area Tanjung Enim a tourist destination and become independent in the future. Besides the Waterpark, PTBA has built various facilities and infrastructure for tourism development in Tanjung Enim, including the Coal Museum, Culinary Center, Sriwijaya Park, Tanjung Enim Mini Zoo & Jogging Track, and Plaza Saringan with the Kujur Spear icon, a heirloom weapon left by the ancestors of Tanjung Enim Hamlet.
Other ex-mining areas were also transformed into green areas for ecotourism, for example the Botanical Garden, artificial lakes, Orchard Park (Fruit Garden), RTH Berangau Park, Agroforestry, and others.
Not only building new tourist objects, PTBA involves the local community to develop and promote local culture that must be strengthened and becoming tourist attraction.
PTBA and the local government will also hold community development to increase human resources competence both in terms of cultural and entrepreneurial to prepare local people engaging in the tourism sector.
