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THE Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy said that the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic should be seen as opportunities to improve tourism and the creative economy.
According to the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno in his remarks at the opening of the virtual JaKreatif Fest 2021, said that we must see the challenges of this pandemic as an opportunity to fundamentally improve the tourism sector and creative economy.
He said the COVID-19 pandemic had paralyzed the tourism sector and the creative economy around the world, including Indonesia. For this reason, various programs are needed to accelerate recovery in the sector.
“The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy is currently working to create quality and sustainable tourism and creative economy through three pillars of recovery, namely innovation, adaptation and collaboration,” Sandiaga stated.
The three pillars, Sandiaga continued that were applied in preparing various programs to accelerate the recovery of the national economy, particularly in the tourism and creative economy sectors.
On that occasion, Sandiaga also appreciated the implementation of the JaKreatif Fest 2021 event which was initiated by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Bank Indonesia (BI) Representative Office in an effort to help restore the national economy.
“I hope that the 2021 Jakarta Creative Festival series can echo the voice of a big campaign together so that it can further instill a sense of love for the creative works of the nation’s children and local Indonesian products,” Sandiaga concluded.
The DKI Jakarta BI Representative Office officially opened the 2021 Jakarta Creative Festival (JaKreatif Fest) which was held in an effort to support the Proudly Made Indonesia National Movement (Gernas) and Proud Indonesian Tourism (BWI).
“The Jakarta Creative Festival is held to support the Proudly Made in Indonesia National Movement and Proud Indonesian Tourism,” said Head of the DKI Jakarta BI Representative Office Onny Widjanarko in his remarks at the opening of the virtual event.
The big theme of JaKreatif Fest 2021 is to empower creative, innovative, and inspiring new sources of economic growth in the digitalization era to accelerate national economic recovery.
Through this event, BI Jakarta wants to present information, stories, and interactions with activists of sharia Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), creative industries, the national film industry, Indonesian coffee, Jakarta tourism, fashion, and digitization of payments. [antaranews/photo special]
