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THE Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy and the Ministry of Investment/BKPM signed a memorandum of understanding on investment cooperation in the tourism and creative economy sectors.
According to the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno during a virtual signing ceremony, Monday (8/23) said the agreement for this MoU is a form of collaboration and work spirit that we have been guiding, namely the Gerak Cepat/Gerak Bersama or Fast/Joint Movement between the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Investment in supporting Investment Sector in the Tourism and Creative Economy Sector.
“The purpose of signing this MoU is to realize mutually beneficial cooperation that does not conflict with the provisions of laws and regulations in the context of Cooperation in the Investment Sector in the Tourism and Creative Economy Sector which is valid for 3 years and can be extended according to the agreement,” said Sandiaga.
He added that the scope of cooperation includes: (a). Exchange and utilization of data and information, (b). Implementation of coaching and providing support for research, education and development of tourism and the creative economy, (c). Increasing the capacity of human resources, (d). Destination and infrastructure development in tourism and creative economy.
Also includes, continued Sandiaga; (e). Industrial development and investment in tourism and creative economy, (f). Marketing development of tourism investment opportunities and creative economy, (g). Coordination and synchronization of planning in the development of tourism and the creative economy, (h.) Coordination and harmonization in the formulation of policies in the field of tourism and the creative economy; and (i). Other agreed collaborations.
“It is hoped that this Memorandum of Understanding will further strengthen the strategies we have implemented, namely Gercep, Geber, Gaspol. Gercep is moving quickly and not delaying. Geber is moving together exploit all the potential to generate and sustain the tourism industry. Gaspol is working on all potential job opportunities,” Sandiaga eloborated.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Investment/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Bahlil Lahadalia said that the memorandum of understanding was intended to determine the priority scale of investment in tourism areas.
“With the signed MoU, we will form a small team to make a priority scale so that it directly touches on which area first, so that it can be immediately measured. We know that our tourism potential is the greatest, and if we beat all of them, it will take five years for the Minister to come down,” Bahlil stated.
With the COVID-19 pandemic, Bahlil emphasized that one of the sectors that was most depressed was the tourism sector and the creative economy. On the investment side, he said the realization of investment in the tourism sector declined sharply during the pandemic.
“Therefore, from this collaboration, one of the priorities is to encourage the improvement of tourism infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even so, I did not specify what sectors or sub-sectors of tourism that I would like to encourage improvement,” he pointed out.
He explained, if asked which sector, nature tourism is also good. [Tourism] by the beach is also good. I think we will discuss with the Minister of Tourism which will be the priority. We will follow the policy direction from the Minister of Tourism for priority scale. We only play a role in supporting the priority scale,” Bahlil concluded. [traveltext.id]
