Leuser Blessings for Buffer Villages
Buffer villages around the Leuser ecosystem enjoy blessings from Indonesia’s largest tropical forest. With clean air, fertile land and water springs, the forest’s buffer villages have also become a destination for many tourists.
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A view of the Leuser forest in Gayo Lues regency, Aceh, on Saturday (10/3). Ecotourism in the Leuser forest area is the main source of income for some villages in the regencies of Gayo Lues and Southeast Aceh. The number of foreign tourists increased in the past few years.
The tropical forest in Leuser is a blessing for the residents of surrounding villages. Aside from cultivating fertile farmland, the residents have also developed village tourism by offering homestays and guiding trekking, rafting and wildlife watching tours.
Buffer villages around the Leuser ecosystem enjoy blessings from Indonesia’s largest tropical forest. With clean air, fertile land and water springs, the forest’s buffer villages have also become a destination for many tourists.