Pekalongan (08/23) The 2023 Pekalongan City Tourism Ambassador election was held this year which lasted for 1 month (July – August). Muhammad Fairuzulhaq, who is usually called Zul in college, succeeded in achieving achievements to get the 6th Runner Up Mas. Pekalongan City Tourism Ambassador 2023. He is a Bachelor of Library Science student at Diponegoro University class of 2020, his dream journey to become part of Pekalongan City Tourism Ambassador has been around since 2018. however, Zul has only established himself to take part in the selection in 2023.
The Pekalongan City Tourism Ambassador Competition is an election held by the Office of Tourism, Culture, Youth, and Sports (Dinparbudpora) of Pekalongan City every year. The 2023 Pekalongan City Tourism Ambassador Selection was attended by 84 participants from Pekalongan City. On Tuesday, July 4, 2023, Fairuzulhaq made it into 10 pairs of finalists for the 2023 Pekalongan City Tourism Ambassadors who will then take part in a series of quarantine, selection, and other assessments up to the grand final round which will be held on Saturday, August 5 2023 at the Secretary’s Page Office Pekalongan city area.
The series of activities carried out as a finalist for the 2023 Pekalongan City Tourism Ambassador began with motion challenge activities, audiences with the Mayor of Pekalongan, photoshoots, video shoots, quarantine, talent shows, and the grand final. Pekalongan City Tourism Ambassador Quarantine 2023 begins on July 10-12 2023 in the Pekalongan Batik Museum Hall, during quarantine Fairuzulhaq and 10 pairs of Pekalongan City Tourism Ambassador finalists are equipped with various kinds such as leadership, city tour, beauty class, tourism, personal branding and public speaking, English, personality and psychology, ngadi saliro ngadi busono, and others.
The talent show was the most memorable series of selections, said Zul. “The talent show is a moment to showcase the talents of each finalist. At that time, I performed pantomime talent in front of visitors to Pekalongan Transmart Mall with the theme of independence and the struggle of Indonesian heroes. I felt proud because pantomime art in Pekalongan City is very rare because lack of fans. This makes Zul swayed to show art that is rarely shown in Pekalongan City.”
On the grand final (Saturday, 5 August 2023), Zul made it into the calling of the top 6 finalists for Mas Tourism Ambassador for Pekalongan City 2023 and was named Champion 6th Runner up as Mas Tourism Ambassador for Pekalongan City 2023. One thing that has become Zul’s life motto is urip iku urup : life is a journey to provide benefits to the surrounding environment from the experience and knowledge that has been obtained. Of course, by becoming a Tourism Ambassador for the City of Pekalongan 2023, Zul will contribute to the development, creativity, innovation, and change in the City of Pekalongan through the knowledge gained in the Library Science study program.
