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7th Edition SANDIAGA UNO: NOW IT IS TIME FOR TOURISM SECTOR & CREATIVE ECONOMY TO RISE UP ANDAZ BRANCH DEBUTS WITH THE OPENING OF THE FIRST RESORT IN ASIA, ANDAZ BALI CHASING SUNRISE IN LOOKING FOR POSONG & OFFROAD IN BATURRADEN AMIDST BEAUTY & COMFORT THE PANDEMIC TRAVELLING IN EAST NUSA TENGGARA EDITORIAL: Edhie Rianto TEAM Publisher/Group Editor-in-Chief Juandito B. Irianto Special Contributor Tommy Hermanses CREDITS Special Contributor Rico Horoni Contributor & Photographer MARKETING: Elthon Lakonawa Business Development Manager DESIGN: Betha Almanfaluthi Creative Design Ilham Special Webmaster Edhie Rianto Director & Publisher Sandra Berel Chief Executive Officer BOARD OF ADVISORY: The Late Daisy Hadmoko Moetaryanto Poerwoaminoto Pieter Johannes Berel TRAVELTEXT Media Publishing Jl. Wijaya Kusuma B-32 Komp. 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Edhie Rianto Publisher/Group Editor-in-Chief 4 | TRAVELTEXT CONTENT INSTYLE 6 SANDIAGA UNO: NOW IT IS TIME FOR TOURISM SECTOR & CREATIVE ECONOMY TO RISE UP 11 TOURISM MINISTRY HAS REVISED ITS TARGETS FOR FOREIGN & DOMESTIC TOURISTS DESTINATION HOSPITATLITY 12 LOOKING FOR BEAUTY & COMFORT TRAVELLING ANDAZ BALI 16 IN EAST NUSA TENGGARA 23 TRAVELTALK CHASING SUNRISE IN POSONG SANDIAGA: ‘JAM GADANG’ IN & OFFROAD IN BATURRADEN BUKITTINGGI TO BE EQUIPPED 20 AMIDST THE PANDEMIC WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY REGIONAL NEWS TRAVELTEXT | 5 INSTYLE SANDIAGA UNO: NOW IT IS TIME FOR TOURISM CREATIVE& ECONOMY TO RISE UP NOW it’s time for the tourism industry and creative economy in the country to rise after being shaken by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak for more than a year. Edhie Rianto compiles Minister of Tourism & Creative Economy during his several ‘Press Weekly Briefing’ which was conducted in a hybrid manner from the Balirung Sapta Pesona Building, Jakarta. 6 | TRAVELTEXT INSTYLE ndonesia’s Minister of Tourism and Creative health protocols. and discipline in creative economy Economy, Sandiaga Uno said it’s been more than destinations and centers. In the framework of Ia year that we are facing a pandemic, it’s time for Implementing the Limitation of Community Activities tourism and the creative economy to rise. The revival of on a micro scale, there are community activities that tourism and the creative economy can be started from are allowed. The decision is submitted to the local tourism and craft villages, therefore the Ministry will government according to the COVID-19 figures in Gercep or accelerate (move quickly), Geber or speed up their respective regions. And if tourist destinations are and Gaspol (work on all local potentials) so that they opened, we firmly say that it must be implemented. can immediately rise up and recover. Cleanliness, Health, Safety and Environmental Sustainability (CHSE) health protocol is strict and “So we will go directly to the tourist villages, because disciplined,” he pointed out. we are entrusted with 244 tourist villages, but it seems the demand is more than 244 villages, so we will take The Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry itself, strategic steps which will immediately coordinate with he continued has published a guidebook for the our activists,” he said. implementation of Cleanliness, Health, Safety and Environmental Sustainability (CHSE) in destinations Sandiaga explained that his ministry’s duties were until and various places as well as business fields in the 2024, that tourist villages in Indonesia would be the tourism sector and the creative economy. This guide driving force for the revival of Indonesia’s economic will continue to be disseminated to actors in tourism recovery through its creative and tourism economy. and the creative economy. “So it is no longer from top to bottom, but now we are Based on Sandiaga’s experience seeing firsthand from the bottom up, we go straight down, because and absorbing local aspirations, the implementation here for example in the tourist village of Krebet, I see of CHSE-based health protocols has been going the economic potential of crafts, batik on a mask. And well. Although he did not deny that there were still now 14.9% of GDP (creative gross domestic product in destinations or locations where the implementation of crafts,” he pointed out. health protocols had to be improved. He also emphasized labor and labor intensive activities, “This requires collaboration between the central because now many people have lost their livelihoods government, regional governments and the COVID-19 since the COVID-19 pandemic was difficult. So this Task Force as well as the community and the tourist village also has the ability to create jobs. And business world. In fact, we want to involve educational this year is the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development, so that later there will be activities such as workshops, incubations and hopefully we will continue to put it forward. Tighten of Health Protocols Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy will involve many parties to tighten and supervise the implementation of health protocols in tourist destinations and creative economy centers, especially during the pandemic. “One of the programs that will be focused on this year is encouraging the implementation of strict TRAVELTEXT | 7 INSTYLE institutions, because monitoring in detail requires 360 Assistance also does not have priority destinations, it is degrees of capability. We must collaborate with such open to all of Indonesia (no quota, limits) because it is compliance,” he noted. in the form of selection, through evaluation by curators,” he admitted. Sandiaga ensured that in the future the Ministry of Tourism would not only encourage and encourage the Sandiaga emphasized, however, for businesses in implementation of health protocols, but also ensure Super Priority Destinations, or certain areas/having compliance. There will be a mechanism if they cannot certain elements (such as sociopreneurs, having social/ comply (implementation of health protocols) will be environmental impacts) could be an added value in the warned, followed by fines. Coordinating with the local assessment. Registration for the Government Incentive government, we also do not hesitate to recommend Assistance program (open submission) opened on closing sanctions. June 4, 2021 and close on July 4, 2021. Tourism Grant Funds “But that the status is still in the process of being Regarding Tourism Grants and Government Incentive submitted to the 2021 National Economic Recovery Assistance this year, Sandiaga Uno also explained that (NER) program as part of the K/L sectoral NER he had proposed the 2021 FY2021 Economic Recovery program for tourism support. For this year, tourism Program Fund (ERP) for the Tourism Sector of IDR3.7 grants have been proposed to be increased in number trillion to the Chairperson of the Committee for and expanded in reach. From last year’s IDR3.7 trillion Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery to IDR3.7 trillion this year with coverage not only for with a wider range of grantees than the 2020 Tourism hotels and restaurants but also for travel agencies,” Grants Fund. he remarked. “In 2020,Government Incentive Assistance Minister Sandiaga explained that the tourism grant disbursement is budgeted at IDR24 billion and this year fund for 2021 is proposed to use the 2019 hotel tax, it is IDR60 billion. In addition, Government Incentive restaurant tax and entertainment tax data and the 2019 income tax or value added tax for the travel agency business. But we get positive indications because some of the ministry/agency sectoral NER programs for tourism support will be prioritized.