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INDONESIA believes that the tourism sector will continue to grow despite the potential for a recession and economic slowdown in 2023 with a focus on developing human resources through investment in the education sector.
In addition, it is necessary to invest in the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) sector as well as tourism villages. In facing the challenge of an economic slowdown, his party will make various efforts to implement programs that touch Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
Starting from the digitalization transformation program through the Proudly Made in Indonesia National Movement (Gernas BBI), increasing people’s purchasing power through capital, training, mentoring and marketing programs.
According to the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno said I plan to meet the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto to help MSMEs by providing additional working capital so that the sector continues to be able to create 97% of jobs in order to maintain people’s purchasing power.
“I see the recession threat that has been conveyed many times by the Minister of Finance and also the outlook we have received from several institutions, analysis, and reports from economists that there will be a slowdown and there is a possibility of entering the recession zone,” he said.
If preparations are made early, he continued, then Indonesia can go through the economic situation in a state that is more prepared, more resilient, and more resilient.
Therefore, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy would like to offer stimulus programs, upskilling-reskilling-newskilling in the pre-employment concept, and the readiness of tourism and creative economy actors to acquire new skills when meeting the Coordinating Minister for the Economy.
“Hopefully in the third quarter of 2022 it can be prepared and in the fourth quarter of 2022 it can be considered, then it will be launched in 2023,” Sandiaga concluded. [traveltext.id/photo special]
