DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM (HOSPITALITY) AND LONG ROAD OF WEST SULAWESI PROVINCE
The Occupancy Rate of the Hotel (Room Occupancy Rate), for the classification of Starred Hotels continued to increase during the first quarter of 2007. The highest increase occurred in March by 9.24 points, namely from 22.17 percent in February to 31.41 percent in March. This shows that the use of hotel facilities in this new province tends to improve.
Comparison of the average length of stay of both foreign and Nusantara guests at Starred Hotels and Other Accommodation did not differ significantly in the first 2 months of 2007, which was an average of under 2 days. Furthermore, in March and April the average length of stay for Other Accommodation classifications is above 2 days, while for Starred hotels it still stays below 2 days. This is influenced by the length of stay of foreign guests on Other Accommodation, an average of above 3 days .
The length of the national road increased from 539.56 kilometers in 2005 to 541.06 kilometers in 2006 or an increase of 1.50 kilometers (0.28 percent), this occurred in Mamuju district. Meanwhile, the length of provincial roads did not change, while the length of district roads experienced a significant increase of 4,299.00 kilometers in 2005 to 4,891.90 kilometers in 2006 or an increase of 592.90 kilometers (13.79 percent), p this happened in Polman district, 103.90 kilometers long, Mamasa 20.00 kilometers, Mamuju 69.70 kilometers and North Mamuju 399.30 kilometers.
In general, the condition of state roads is quite good, because the proportion of roads with good conditions is already above 50 percent, respectively at 61.73 percent in 2005 and 58.78 percent in 2006, this means there is a decrease in quality of some roads. Meanwhile, provincial and district roads are still below 50 percent, namely 26.99 percent and 14.19 percent in 2005 and 28.12 percent and 16.77 percent in 2006.
The proportion of the length of state roads by class I and II, both in 2005 and 2006, is above 65 percent, respectively. This shows that most of the national roads can be traversed by motorized vehicles with a size of weight and load above 5 tons. Meanwhile, provincial and district roads for class I and II in 2005 and 2006 were respectively below 40 percent and 10 percent, this shows that provincial roads can be traversed by motorized vehicles with a payload of more than 5 tons less than 40 percent of the total roads owned, while for district roads that can be traversed by motorized vehicles with the same load, less than 10 percent of the total roads owned.
