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IN LINE with the Indonesia’s Government’s efforts to encourage national economic recovery, including in the tourism sector, especially for destinations that are included in the safe category or Green Zone, the online travel agency Traveloka introduced a special Traveloka Pay Day program for the Green Zone area.
Running from October 25 to November 5, 2021, this program offers discounts of up to 80% for a variety of Traveloka products ranging from Transportation, Accommodation, and Xperience in the Bali and Yogyakarta areas.
This program is also in line with stricter safe travel principles, referring to government regulations that require tourists to the Bali and Yogyakarta areas to have a certificate of first and second dose vaccination and a COVID-19 PCR test 2×24 hours before departure as a condition of travel.
As an effort to re-increase public confidence to travel and travel, the government through the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, has given a positive signal to the opening of the tourism sector in areas that are already included in the Green Zone category or areas where there is no recorded increase in additions. new case. Several tourist destinations are included in the Green Zone, which includes Bali (Sanur, Ubud, and Nusa Dua) and Yogyakarta (Merapi Park and Ratu Boko Temple).
According to the Expert Staff of the Minister for Crisis Management, Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, Henky Manurung, in an official press release, Wednesday (10/27), said tourism is one of the most important sectors in supporting the Indonesian economy.
“For this reason, participation from various parties is needed to be able to increase foreign exchange for the Indonesian tourism sector which has fallen due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one of which is by encouraging domestic tourism through various efforts, such as the Traveloka Pay Day promotion program for the Green Zone area. We appreciate Traveloka’s efforts to play an active role in the recovery of the country’s tourism sector,” he said.
Meanwhile, VP of Marketing Transport and Financial Services, Traveloka, Andhini Putri, said that Traveloka supports the government’s efforts, not only in suppressing the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia, but also in boosting the domestic tourism sector.
“With several regions that have succeeded in becoming the Green Zone category, we see an increase in consumer demand for these areas, which is certainly a positive signal for the recovery of the tourism sector. We hope that the Pay Day program for the Green Zone region can bring fresh air to a number of tourism and creative economy players in the region, thus providing a positive impact on economic recovery in the tourism sector,” concluded Andhini Putri. [antaranews/photo special]
