…I simply checked the information, the (variety of vacationer) arrivals to Jakarta and Bali elevated.
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Tourism and Artistic Financial system Minister Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno has expressed optimism that worldwide vacationer arrivals in 2024 would exceed the goal of 14.3 million and surpass 16.1 million.
“Regardless that the goal that has been introduced is 14.3 million on the higher restrict, I encourage my workforce to have the ability to exceed the pre-pandemic determine of 16.1 million. That’s the highest report,” he informed the press right here on Thursday.
Uno defined that reaching that determine is feasible provided that Indonesia recorded 11.7 million worldwide vacationer arrivals in 2023.
He famous that Indonesia concluded the 2024 Basic Elections easily and peacefully. This, he mentioned, has been one of many causes behind the comparatively good enhance within the variety of overseas vacationer arrivals within the nation.
“Alhamdulillah (thank God), the tourism sector has revived and the slowdown that we feared didn’t happen…I simply checked the information, the (variety of vacationer) arrivals to Jakarta and Bali elevated,” he added.
Based on the minister, Indonesia has a robust promoting energy to draw worldwide communities to the nation.
“We’re grateful that we now have tourism merchandise which are high quality and have sustainability facets. Thus, there’s a excessive curiosity in inexperienced tourism, nature-based tourism, and cultural tourism,” he mentioned.
Earlier on February 26, 2024, Uno set the goal for circulation of cash within the tourism sector at Rp3 thousand trillion (round US$191.064 billion) for this yr, with the goal vary for home vacationer journeys decided at 1.25 billion to 1.5 billion.
In the meantime, the transactions of artistic economic system merchandise are focused to achieve Rp1,187 billion (round US$75.59 million).
“To achieve these targets, adaptation, collaboration, and innovation measures are wanted,” he mentioned.
He underscored the significance of breakthroughs from regional governments — district and metropolis governments — to encourage the expansion of the tourism and artistic economic system sectors.
He then listed some steps to realize this, together with growing and bettering the standard of vacationer points of interest, curating high quality regional occasions, growing journey patterns that cowl vacationer locations, and selling regional tourism on a large scale.
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Translator: Ahmad Muzdaffar, Raka Adji
Editor: Azis Kurmala
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