Background of Kompetisi Pariwisata Indonesia 15 

Kompetisi Pariwisata Indonesia (KPI) is an annual event by students of the D-3 Travel Business Program, Department of Commerce Administration, Bandung State Polytechnic, held since 2009 and has been carried out 14 times. In 2025, the 15th KPI will carry the theme "Promote culture, Preserve Heritage, Protect Nature: A Journey toward Waste free Tourism" with the tagline "Together for nature and culture". This theme addresses the tradition of producing large quantities of food, which leads to waste, focusing on environmental and socio-cultural pillars to preserve, protect, and promote culture while reducing waste, especially food waste.

The 15th KPI aims to enable students to develop their potential and creativity, producing work for sustainable tourism development while focusing on environmental issues and cultural conditions. Several cultures in Indonesia and globally have connections to food, with traditions requiring people to produce large quantities of food when celebrating these traditions. This problem harms the environment when food production turns out to be wasted or cannot be consumed due to the quality of the food, which does not last long.

KPI 15 will be held hybrid with the main focus of offline activities for 3 days, namely on May 14-16, 2024, located at Politeknik Negeri Bandung. The focus of our activities is that on the first day, there will be an Opening Ceremony, one of which will feature traditional Indonesian foods, especially traditional foods resulting from the management of food waste, then on the second day focus on competition activities, and the third day on Awarding activities. With a total of 17 competitions which are divided into special competitions (tourism), general competitions, and hospitality competitions.

Theme of Kompetisi Pariwisata Indonesia 15 

KPI Theme 15: Promoting Culture, Preserving Heritage, Protecting Nature: A Journey to Zero Waste Tourism. 

This theme is based on the culture/traditions of communities and tourism activities that produce large amounts of food, which if wasted or unfit for consumption will damage the sustainability of our nature. The concept focuses on the issues of environmental and socio-cultural pillars, where we can still preserve, protect, and promote our culture, yet still develop wise waste reduction, especially food waste.

Therefore, the 15th Indonesian Tourism Competition (KPI) carries a sustainable concept, especially in the environmental and cultural sectors. This concept focuses on the problem of environmental and socio-cultural pillars, where we can still preserve, protect, and promote our culture, and can develop wisely in reducing waste, especially food waste. Therefore, with the 15th KPI, it is hoped that students can again develop their potential, and creativity and produce work for sustainable tourism development. 

The Indonesian Tourism Competition (KPI) 15 not only develops concepts in the environmental and cultural sectors. The application of environmental sustainability in KPI 15 is by emphasizing the management of food waste that can be recycled, one of which is by cultivating maggot.

With the implementation of the Indonesian Tourism Competition, 15 is a place to provide the potential and skills of students to develop their respective interests and talents in each of the competitions that will be presented at KPI 15. In addition, it can provide form of more attention related to preserving the surrounding environment, especially environments that have tourism activities in them and can also preserve and appreciate the surrounding culture that has been hereditary to be maintained and does not harm other pillars, especially the environment, so that this event can provide a view to promoting local cultures that can still be preserved and can minimize negative impacts on the surrounding environment to develop sustainable tourism. The tagline “Be Responsible for Sustainable Tourism” is an encouraging sentence for the participants to sensitize tourism students to be responsible for sustainable tourism in the future.

LOGO OF KOMPETISI PARIWISATA INDONESIA

LOGO PHILOSOPHY

The KPI letters that form a mask symbolize the identity of KPI; the mask represents the culture of Indonesian society as a sacred and religious object, with the hope that this tourism competition can preserve Indonesian culture and promote it to the general public so that it remains sustainable.

The infinity shape symbolizes sustainability and also symbolizes resilience. With sustainability, it is hoped that all parties involved in this KPI, especially tourism actors, can be more aware and concerned about sustainable tourism. So that it does not only focus on increasing economic income but can also pay attention to social, economic, environmental, and cultural aspects of developing tourism. With resilience, it is hoped that in any condition, the Indonesian Tourism Competition can survive and continue to innovate to become a forum for related parties, especially for tourism students to hone their skills to compete amid uncertain times.

The purple color symbolizes courage. With this courage, it is hoped that all parties involved, especially tourism students, as the next generation of tourism, can have the courage to try new things to create better innovations for Indonesian tourism in the future.

The orange symbolizes enthusiasm with the hope that all parties involved, especially competition participants, can enthusiastically show creativity in participating in the Indonesian Tourism Competition.

The yellow color symbolizes cheerfulness and optimism. It is hoped that all parties involved in the KPI, including tourism students, will continue to be optimistic about moving forward and innovating amid uncertain times.

The blue color symbolizes responsibility, wisdom, and professionalism. It is hoped that all parties involved can behave professionally and responsibly in contributing to the Indonesian Tourism Competition activities.

Vision and Mission Kompetisi Pariwisata Indonesia 15 

The purpose of implementing KPI 15

The KPI 15 vision is as follows: 

Making the Indonesian Tourism Competition 15 event a forum for all tourism students in particular to be able to provide their potential and skills and be able to develop innovations for a sustainable tourism future with the pillars in it namely environment, socio-culture, and economy. 

The KPI 15 mission is as follows: 

1. Implementing sustainable concepts in all activities and during the event. 

2. Use of themes that are in accordance with the concept of the main theme in each competition. 

3. Increase awareness to all students regarding tourism issues that are happening with national and global reach.

4. The use of good technology to support the concept of the event.

5. Cooperate with stakeholders who support the concept of sustainability. 

6. Become a place to introduce local cultures as a form of cultural promotion for national and global reach.

7. Become a place for all students, especially tourism, to collaborate and innovate in the implementation of the KPI 15 event.