Broom stick, coconuts, inner tube and plastic carpets are the materials in the beach where we can easily know where the white sand (pasir putih) beach guardian is. ‘Decky Kadakolo’ is the man I meant. This Moi Man has moved and live in this place for more than 30 years together with his Mother which originally part of the Doreri tribe those who living and claim the rights over the coast city of Manokwari – West Papua Province of Indonesia. He is the important man behind the comfortable, clean and save of the beach.
Trash is remaining appears be the main problem of management of Pasir Putih as the mass tourism site in Manokwari. It come mostly from the bad garbage management in the city where people are mostly throw their trash in the main roads, small river and bank of the sea. When the rain comes, they are pushed down to the sea and then the wave took into the beaches. Garbage left by the tourist are also then come makes the beach are dirty. Here are the crucial parts of Decky and his groups contributions - spending hours every afternoon to clean the beach and burn the trash. He says “people in the city need wake up and aware that they have done a wrong thing. Together with the government they needs to create a good garbage managements so they not throwing them into the small river, main roads or sea”. People some time don’t aware that they enjoy the beach that covered by urban garbage.
As one of the nearest, beautiful and long white sand beach in Manokwari, this place is always become the main choice of people in the city to spent a holiday, recreation and relaxing. Not less than 1000 peoples are coming to this beach every week. The beautiful sand and low cost are always become reasonable why Pasir Putih are always in the main list of the weekend holiday for young, kids and adults people in Manokwari. Face to face with Mansinam island and the scene of Arfak mountain from the distances are also coloring this beach when the sunny day. But as consequences to be the mass tourism place, making sure that the environment are well maintain, security and comfortable of the tourist are guaranteed should become the main priority to make sure people are enjoying the beach and all economic vehicles are run equally each other. Here are why the roles of Pasir Putih guardian are crucial.
“We believe that the best ways to make Pasir Putih remain the
main choice of mass domestic tourism sites in Manokwari is by keep it clean and
comfortable for everyone” Decky added. Even though officially the beach has
been bought by the government for public facilities but it hasn’t yet well
managed. The problems in land tenure claims and un-clear benefit sharing has
driven to not clear management of this tourism site. The government has built a good facilities and small houses for trading but it still not occupied.
Decky said that the determined renting price is high so they can’t pay for it. The problem of Pasir Putih management are more complicated in the fact that no management unit for the business governance within an institution that having a concrete management agenda on ecological and social business perspective. Every year there is a chance of funding and physical supports that the government provided but it still not well managed. Decky and his colleague are often collecting money from the parking services. Some tourist are often complaining but they said this is the way to keeps the beach clean after visiting hours. The money they collected are using to paying people time in cleaning the beach from the remaining trash in the sand.
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