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RELATED to the opening of tourism in Batam and Bintan within the scope of the travel corridor arrangement. The plan for this opening is of course carried out with monev, namely monitoring and evaluation every week.
According to the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, again holding a weekly press briefing in a hybrid manner, on Tuesday (6/22) saying that apart from that, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy is also coordinating and visiting to see firsthand the readiness of Batam and Bintan, as well as Singapore’s policies as a country. the target market. Because the readiness factor is not only from the Indonesian side (Batam and Bintan), but also the readiness from the Singapore side.
“The main requirement that becomes a pre-condition is that the pandemic situation in the area must be controlled according to WHO standards. For now, the Lagoi tourism area is more flexible to be a priority scale because the pandemic situation is under control and has a good grand design visitor management and is currently exploring proof of concept with Singapore,” he said.
He added, while for the Nongsa tourism area in Batam, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy is waiting for the pandemic situation to be more controlled. For Batam and Bintan, Kemenparekraf only targets Singapore as the target market, while Malaysia has not followed up.
“And at this time the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is drafting a travel corridor arrangement in the priority scale of the Lagoi-Bintan tourism area to be discussed with the Singaporean side. Of course, this must be adjusted in terms of the controlled pandemic situation. And we are coordinating with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to finalize it,” he said.
Sandiaga explained, we must be able to spread hope and enthusiasm, so that the tourism sector in the Riau Islands, especially in Batam-Bintan, is able to survive with several government policies that are right on target, right to benefit, and on time. [traveltext.id]
