Kampung Batik Mangunan Village Tourism

Kampung Batik in Kalitirto, Mangunan, Berbah, Sleman District began to popularize as a tourism village with offers any activities such as traditional arts, agriculture, traditional food until the fishery.

Kampung Batik Mangunan Owners, Guntur EP explain, this tour destination was inaugurated a year ago and has become popular for tourist because of their strategic location at the edge of the road Prambanan. The tourists can perform other activities such as playing gamelan, batik making, ketoprak, puppet and also cycling around the village.

Guntur also said, this village save a lot of potential nature and culture to be enjoyed including planting trees as a form of support “go green” community. It is intended, each year could come back and watch the trees planted.

"They (guests) will be happy because every year come back and see the trees planted and also enjoy the results. We provide 10 homestay for guests or people who are interested to stay at their holidays. There are hundreds of guests enjoy our village to date," Guntur explained.

Guntur expects the existence of this village become sources of income for the residents so it will spirit to preserve their culture, the traditional menu also to care about the environment. (source; www.krjogja.co.id)