More Beautiful, Here's the Comparison of Wamena Airport Then and Now

More Beautiful, Here's the Comparison of Wamena Airport Then and Now

It used to be seedy and unfit to be called an airport
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Inequality between regions is a real problem experienced by Indonesia for a long time. There is a development gap between Western and Eastern Indonesia, including villages and cities.
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When he was appointed President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo faced that reality. For this reason, in order to achieve better equity, President Jokowi began to launch infrastructure development throughout Indonesia, especially outside Java.
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This is in accordance with Nawacita's third point which states that it will develop Indonesia from the periphery by strengthening regions and villages within the framework of the Republic of Indonesia.
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One of them was realized through the development of airports (airports) in the periphery or border areas of Indonesia, disaster-prone, and regions. And the development of pioneering growth through the development of pioneer routes and pioneer fuel subsidies.
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As the gate of an area, the airport plays an important role. The completeness of the facilities and infrastructure of an airport will certainly support the operation and readiness to welcome migrants.
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It cannot be denied, Jayapura Wamena Airport was arguably unfit to position itself as an airport. Grumpy. Far from standard words. However, now, drastic changes occur. If you visit Wamena, there will be a massive improvement related to the infrastructure at the eastern Indonesian airport.
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You will no longer find, ram wire and slum beds in Wamena Airport, what you see is architectural grandeur that is not inferior to airports in Java in general. Wamena Airport is now the second busiest airport after Sentani which serves at least 150-180 flights a day.
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Wamena used to be an isolated area, there is no single access road that connects to the Baliem Valley. The entire flow of goods and humans must go through air access. Therefore all goods and services in Wamena are relatively expensive.
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Now, Wamena has slowly changed. Wamena is ready to welcome visitors and residents from all over Indonesia. Especially now that Wamena can be accessed by road via Mamugu, Habema. The road access was covered by forests, but the TNI and the Ministry of PUPR succeeded in opening it.