West Sumatra Gears Up To Highlight Top Tourism Offerings At Witex 2025 Malaysia

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

The West Sumatra Provincial Tourism Office (Dispar Sumbar) has confirmed its information successful the World Islamic Tourism Trade Expo (WITEX) 2025, scheduled to beryllium held from 22 to 24 August 2025 astatine nan Sunway Resort Hotel successful Selangor, Malaysia. This information represents a cardinal inaugural by West Sumatra to beforehand nan region’s legal tourism offerings and nan rich | taste practice of Minangkabau to a world audience. By engaging successful this salient world event, West Sumatra intends to item its tourism imaginable and fortify its beingness successful nan world legal tourism market.

WITEX 2025 is 1 of nan world’s largest legal tourism expos, integrating trade, technology, culture, and investment. The arena is initiated by nan Malaysia Tourism Agency Association (MATA) and supported by various world organizations, expecting to pull much than 15,000 visitors from 15 countries.

At nan accumulation themed “Beyond Borders,” nan West Sumatra Tourism Office will characteristic a typical pavilion titled “Visit Beautiful West Sumatra.” This delegation will showcase a cross-sector collaboration involving respective tourism associations from nan region.

Participants wrong nan West Sumatra pavilion will include:

• ASTINDO (Indonesian Travel Agents Association – West Sumatra Chapter)
• PHRI (Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association – West Sumatra)
• IHSA (Indonesia Homestay Association – West Sumatra)
• PHSB (West Sumatra Homestay Association)
• Tourism Villages successful West Sumatra

“WITEX 2025 is simply a strategical level to position West Sumatra arsenic a world-class legal destination, rich | successful civilization and afloat equipped successful position of infrastructure, services, and manufacture networks,” said nan Head of West Sumatra Tourism Office, Drs. Luhur Budianda SY, M.Si, successful his connection connected Saturday (26/7).

At WITEX 2025, a divers action of legal and typical liking circuit packages will beryllium disposable exclusively for visitors, offering them a unsocial opportunity to research nan rich | taste offerings of West Sumatra. These packages are thoughtfully crafted pinch a shariah-friendly recreation conception successful mind, ensuring that each aspects of nan travel adhere to Islamic principles. The attraction is connected providing legal accommodation and meals, offering a seamless and worry-free acquisition for Muslim travelers.

In summation to nan halfway elements of legal travel, nan packages besides incorporated scheduled dream times, allowing visitors to support their belief practices while connected nan move. This attraction to item ensures that travelers tin bask their vacation without compromising their belief needs.

Moreover, nan packages are designed to supply guests pinch an authentic and culturally immersive acquisition of West Sumatra. Visitors will person nan chance to participate successful activities that showcase nan region’s heritage, specified arsenic learning to navigator accepted rendang, a signature Minangkabau dish, and creating batik, a unsocial creation shape pinch heavy taste roots. Guests will besides person nan opportunity to enactment in rumah gadang, nan accepted Minangkabau houses, wherever they tin acquisition nan region’s architectural beauty and hospitality firsthand.

By offering these exclusive packages, West Sumatra intends to coming a broad tourism acquisition that not only caters to legal recreation needs but besides immerses visitors successful nan region’s unsocial civilization and traditions.

Beyond destination exhibitions and promotions, West Sumatra’s information will besides see business matching sessions, tourism finance forums, and taste performances arsenic portion of nan World Cultural & Arts Festival (WCAF). The West Sumatra Provincial Government hopes this information will pave nan measurement for strategical partnerships pinch world recreation agents, Southeast Asian investors, and nan Minangkabau diaspora organization successful Malaysia.

“We are not conscionable trading destinations—we are telling a story. West Sumatra aspires to beryllium known arsenic a onshore wherever tradition, earthy beauty, and tourism services blend harmoniously pinch Islamic values,” Budi concluded.