Songket Pandai Sikek Increasingly Attracted Tourists

id Songket Pandai Sikek Increasingly Attracted Tourists

Songket Pandai Sikek Increasingly Attracted Tourists

Songket Pandai Sikek. (Antara sumbar/Lestaryca/11/17) (bb)

Bukittinggi, (Antara Sumbar) - Minangkabau Traditional Cloth 'Songket Pandai Sikek' located in Sepuluh Kota Sub-district, Tanah Datar District, West Sumatra increasingly attracted both domestic and foreign tourists, because it offers attractive colors.

"Tourists who visit here buy woven fabrics with large quantities," the seller of Songket Pandai Sikek, Anita stated in Bukittinggi, when the arrival of tourists group who facilitated by Bravo Tours on Thursday.

She said during this time, the demand for weaving is quite high, especially the tourists from various regions who travel cultural tours in Tanah Datar - Bukittinggi. Most of the dosmetic tourists come from Jakarta, Bandung, Bogor, Banten, and other areas in Java.

The tourists buy Songket to be a keepsake on the grounds that traditional fabrics have artistic value.

The price of the woven fabric depends on quality from Rp100.000 to Rp350.000 per piece. "During this time, many domestic tourists choose songket," she said.

Meanwhile, one of the tourists from Jakarta Ranti said that she is interest in songket cloth because the invoice and color of the weave is different from other woven fabric.

"I bought two songkets to be used as souvenir and my own needs," she said.

Director of Bravo Tours Nunuk Samin said the total number of tourists are 1,632 people who facilitated by PT. Bravo Tours to visit three destinations in West Sumatra, including Bukittinggi, Istano Pagaruyung and Twin Lakes Solok District.

The group of tourists come to West Sumatra in the framework of the 21st National Quality and Productivity Meeting (TKMPN) and and Producitivity Convention (IQPC) 2017, as well as travel. (cha)

Editor: Vicha Faradika