Departing to South Korea for a fairly large event, the 83rd Tourism Science Society of Korea (TOSOK), was a valuable experience for Nisrinah Arofahtus S (2014 Bachelor of Islamic Economics student). The three of them, together with 2 juniors who have different major concentrations, did not make them falter in presenting their ideas about Trowulan. This was also motivated by the fact that Nisrinah is a native Mojokerto child who wants to introduce to the world that Indonesia (especially Trowulan) has enormous potential to be developed. . The conference started on Monday, February 12 2018. And they rented a hostel in the Seoul area (because the prices were much cheaper), while the conference event was in the Songdo-Incheon area.
Their group made their presentation in number 3, with a presentation time of around 15 minutes, and thank God they did well and got quite loud applause (because all those present were Masters, Doctors, professors and researchers), but they appreciated the ideas of the three female students. Unair and the courage it has.
After the event, they exchanged business cards and chatted about the things presented earlier. One of the event organizers really recognized the three of them because he was the only Muslim who took part in the activity, the only Indonesian. So wherever they walked, "curious" eyes always looked their way. But they feel grateful, because they are highly respected and their needs are facilitated (except for a place to pray, they have to look for a quiet place to pray). In the evening, they were invited to do a city tour in the Incheon area, as well as introducing Incheon's new branding as "Future of Korea". The second day was the opening ceremony and announcement of the best paper. In this agenda, once again they felt very cared for because their food had to be vegetarian, one of the committee members even stood beside their table and ordered the waiters to specialize them, because they were Muslim. Even though in the end they were not able to successfully become the selected paper, this trip from Korea gave them a lot of space to gain knowledge which, God willing, will be a blessing. Because, apart from getting input regarding ideas, acquaintances with great people, they also realize that receiving the blessings of Islam and becoming a Muslim is something to be grateful for, every day, every time. Even though there are differences, the sense of tolerance and appreciation remains, and without having to shake their faith and Islam.
