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THE MINISTRY of Tourism and Creative Economy emphasizes that destination managers and creative economy centers in various regions of the country strengthen the implementation of the CHSE (Cleanliness, Health, Safety, Environmental Sustainability) protocol to deal with the surge of tourist visits during school holidays.
Ministry’s Senior Expert Staff, Nia Niscaya in “The Weekly Brief with Sandi Uno” at the Sapta Pesona Building, Jakarta, Monday (06/19), 2024, said that in this school year holidays it is predicted that there will be an increase in visits of 10-20% of normal days in various tourist destinations.
Therefore, it is necessary for industry players and managers of tourist attractions to be prepared so that
When receiving tourists, we continue to pay attention to the comfort and safety factors by always strictly implementing the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Occupational Safety and Health (K3) and always implementing the CHSE Health Protocol.
This is in accordance with the Circular of the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy No. SE/9/DI.01.01/MK/2022 concerning the organization of safe, comfortable and enjoyable tours in tourist attractions.
“Be careful of the potential for accumulation somewhere, so this must be managed well. The tourism business is a perception business, because when people really feel an experience, if the experience is not good, people will share about their bad experiences,” Nia said.
Nia also urged destination managers to be mindful of visitors when hosting events that involve large numbers of people or crowds at tourist sites, and to ensure that the use of rides or tourist attractions is in line with the carrying capacity.
She also urged destination managers to pay attention to visitors when organizing events that involve large numbers of people or crowds at tourist sites, and to ensure that the use of rides or tourist attractions is in accordance with the carrying capacity.
In addition, Nia urged managers of tourist attractions to provide evacuation routes by installing assembly point boards to anticipate disasters, as well as to pay attention to weather changes and information from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) regarding potential natural disasters and inform tourists about it. officials and the community around tourist destinations.
“The thing that needs to be paid attention to is the installation of evacuation routes by installing assembly points when a disaster occurs, where we don’t expect people to know where to go, the direction is clear,” Nia remarked.
According to Nia, coordination with various stakeholders is also needed to ensure that the holiday atmosphere at tourist attractions is conducive. Parents are also advised to be cautious in choosing tourist destinations for their children during the holidays by prioritizing the safety and health of their children and closely monitoring them to ensure that nothing untoward happens.
“For those who use buses to travel, don’t forget to check the suitability of the bus fleet used for travel, you can check the suitability through the Spionam application by visiting https://spionam.dephub.go.id/,” said Nia.
Apart from that, the Ministry of Transportation has also issued a letter of appeal to improve safety during the long Eid al-Adha holiday and school holidays in 2024 to all leaders of public transport companies to ensure that operating vehicles meet technical roadworthiness requirements, ensure that operating vehicles are equipped with travel documents. valid, and assign 2 drivers for long-distance routes. An appeal is also made to the managers of tourist destinations to provide adequate resting places for tourist bus drivers.
Furthermore, she said that the school vacation was also accompanied by the Eid al-Adha holiday from 15 to 18 June 2024. This also encouraged the movement of domestic tourists. Based on the data obtained from the Siasati dashboard of the Ministry of Transportation for June 14-18, 2024 (data as of June 19, 2024 at 12:00 a.m.), the movement of passengers using the land mode was 755,479 passengers, with the highest movement on June 15, 2024 amounting to 183,527 passengers.
In addition, Nia said coordination with various stakeholders is also needed to ensure that the holiday atmosphere at tourist attractions is conducive. Parents are also advised to be cautious in choosing tourist destinations for their children during the holidays by prioritizing the safety and health of their children and closely monitoring them to ensure that nothing untoward happens.
“For those who travel by bus, don’t forget to check the suitability of the bus fleet used for travel, you can check the suitability through the Spionam application by visiting https://spionam.dephub.go.id/,” she noted.
Apart from that, the Ministry of Transportation has also issued a letter of appeal to improve safety during the long Eid al-Adha holiday and school holidays in 2024 to all managers of public transport companies to ensure that operating vehicles meet technical roadworthiness requirements, ensure that operating vehicles are equipped with travel documents. valid, and assign 2 drivers for long distance routes. It also calls on the managers of tourist destinations to provide adequate rest areas for drivers of tourist coaches.
She added that the school vacation was also accompanied by the Eid al-Adha holiday from June 15 to 18, 2024. This also encouraged the movement of domestic tourists. According to the data obtained from the Ministry of Transport’s Siasati dashboard for June 14-18, 2024 (data as of 12:00 am on June 19, 2024), the movement of passengers using the land mode was 755,479 passengers, with the highest movement on June 15, 2024, which was 183,527 passengers.
Vehicles using arterial roads are 1,068,238 vehicles, with the highest on June 15, 2024, namely 281,178 vehicles. Passenger movements by air will be 1,030,998 passengers.
Passenger movements using the train mode amounted to 709,841 passengers, with the highest movement on June 15, 2024 amounting to 175,084 passengers. People’s favorite route during the long holiday period is Jakarta-Surabaya round-trip (RT); Jakarta-Solo (RT); Jakarta-Malang (RT); Yogyakarta-Banyuwangi (RT); and Blitar-Bandung (RT).
Meanwhile, as a popular tourist destination during the Eid al-Adha holiday, more than 12,846 residents of Jakarta and its surroundings visited the Ragunan Wildlife Park (TMR) area, TMII was visited by 40,000 visitors from June 15 to 18, 2024, and the Jakarta Fair was visited by 130,000 people on Monday (06/17), Bedugul Bali also experienced an increase in the number of visits by 30 percent during the length of the holiday compared to previous days.
“Meanwhile, Mount Bromo in East Java recorded a spike in visits of 8,169 people during the period of June 15-18, 2024. It’s true that the spending is small, unlike foreign tourists, but the volume is large, so it has an impact on the economy,” Nia concluded. [traveltext.id]
