The objective of this new tourism development is to enhance the destination’s appeal by offering unique and innovative experiences to visitors. The primary goal is to stimulate local economic growth by creating new job opportunities. The development is expected to improve the quality of life for residents, build a positive image for the destination, and raise environmental awareness among visitors and the community.

“We hope this tourism development will drive economic growth for the local community and increase environmental awareness among visitors and residents. Achieving these goals will ensure that the project delivers significant long-term benefits to the community and its visitors,” Elma Dwi Puspita, one of the students from UNS KKN Group 333, explained in an interview with uns.ac.id on Monday (2/9/2024).

Bukit Mitis, situated in Dawuhan Hamlet RT 4/RW 4, Blumbang Village, Tawangmangu District, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java, is part of the Tawangmangu natural tourism area. It is a natural tourist destination offering camping experiences and various exciting attractions in a beautiful and serene environment. The landscape is suitable for all age groups, allowing visitors to enjoy quality time with their families in the outdoors, with comfortable and safe facilities.

On Tuesday (23/7/2024), members of KKN UNS Group 333 and the Tourism Awareness Group (Pokdarwis) had the opportunity to hike to the peak of Bukit Mitis as part of creating promotional video content for Bukit Mitis, intended for social media.

As part of their efforts to develop tourism at Bukit Mitis, KKN UNS Group 333 also initiated and analyzed several potential attractions that could be realized at Bukit Mitis, presented in the form of a business plan. This business plan was presented on Thursday (8/8/2024) at the Blumbang Village Hall.

“Some of the attractions that our team planned and presented as efforts to develop tourism at Bukit Mitis include a cable car, an 88-meter Ferris wheel, and a hot air balloon, which could potentially be the first and only one in Indonesia, offering breathtaking views of the hills,” Elma added.

With the tourism development initiated by KKN UNS Group 333, Bukit Mitis is expected to become a premier destination for tourists seeking unique experiences such as hiking, family camping, glamping, cable cars, and hot air balloons. Proper management and effective marketing strategies will ensure the success and sustainability of this venture.

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The Vice Dean for Academic, Research, and Student Affairs FIB UNS, Prof. Dr. Tri Wiratno, M.A., delivered the activity report through a welcome remark. Prof. Tri also outlined the purpose for which this Diknis activity was designed. “This activity is designed to provide knowledge, as well as experience for participants in linguistics and writing for scientific journals, as well as seminar materials,” he explained.

The Chairman of the Translator Development Center, Setkab RI, Sri Wahtu Utami, S.IP., M.E., added that synergy is indispensable to preparing competent translators. “FIB has qualified teachers in language translation science, therefore, we hope that participants can have excellent experiences from this activity. Hopefully, in the future, participants will be able to produce useful scientific work for the community,” she explained.

The seminar was opened by the Dean of FIB UNS, Prof. Dr. Warto, M.Hum. According to him, this activity can be the means of Pancasila values implementation. “Welcome to Tawangmangu. Besides its beauty, this area also has historical stories about the Prabu Brawijaya’s moksa, most importantly, Tawangmangu becomes the witness of our history in implementing Pancasila values through collaboration on improving translator’s competency,” said Prof. Warto.

The first material session was delivered by the Professor of English Literature FIB, Prof. Drs. Riyadi Santosa, M.Ed., Ph.D., with the material entitled “Language Research,” followed by the second session on the same day, delivered by the FIB Professor of Language Translation Sciences, Prof. Drs. Mangatur Nababan, M.Ed., M.A., Ph.D., who delivered material entitled “Translation Research.” Humas UNS

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The Team of Holistic Rural Development and Empowerment Program Tim Program (PHP2D), Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), captured this opportunity. The Team with 14 members provided an initiative to assist and train PKK members in Gondosuli Village to process the carrots into various processed foods with high selling prices.

PKK members are selected as the target of this program because the Team observed high enthusiasm from the members who also had participated in various village events, although they finance the activities with their personal funds. Therefore, the Team hoped that the training could educate and provide a business idea for PKK members to generate additional income in financing their activities.

In the training that runs from October to November 2021 under the supervision of Bhimo Rizky Samudro, S.E, M.Si, Ph.D., and collaboration with Agricultural Office Karanganyar, the PHP2D Team taught diverse food products from carrots, such as carrot brownies, nugget, noodles, gummy stick, and flour. The training was appreciated by the Head of Gondosuli Kidul Hamlet, Jarwo, who stated that the training provided a business idea for the PKK members.

“I appreciate and am happy with this event. I even enticed to apply the business idea on foods from carrots to empower the PKK members in Gondosuli village,” Jarwo said.

The foods introduced in training are selected because of their simple production and the equipment needed. The Team also helped the local people in marketing the products through digital marketing by creating accounts in Shopee and Instagram. The Team that won funding from the Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemdikbudristek) also shared the product information through their social media to reach wider marketing coverage.

“Hopefully, the program that we prepared for the village is useful and sustainable for Gondosuli people,” Yusuf said. Humas UNS

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