Luhut wants more Chinese investors in Lake Toba area Page all

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Coordinating Minister (Menko) for Maritime Affairs and Investments, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, emphasized that investors, especially from China and several other foreign countries, will continue to invest in the area of ​​Lake Toba in North Sumatra.

“Chinese investors, for example, have invested in various projects and will continue to invest in the Lake Toba area,” Luhut said. Between, Saturday (12/19/2020).

Luhut said it was after the Indonesia-China Tourism and Investment Forum for 5 key super priority tourist destinations. The visit was attended by the Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia, Xiao Qian.

The event was also held to commemorate 70 years of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and China and to promote the Indonesian tourism economy.

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Luhut did not specify the amount of investment that had been invested and that the Chinese entrepreneurs would add. However, he said the value would be quite large because, in addition to the infrastructure, there would also be hotel investment in the Lake Toba area.

Previously, Luhut had revealed that China plans to invest up to US $ 10 billion in Lake Toba.

According to Luhut, the investment from China and other countries is the hard work of the government that continues to strive to boost the economy, even amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Amid efforts to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, he said, the government is also focusing on the national economic recovery program (PEN). One of the sectors of the PEN program is Indonesia’s main sector, namely tourism.

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The government, through the Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investments, he said, is developing tourist destinations that prioritize the five main areas, namely Lake Toba, Labuan Bajo, Borobudur, Mandalika and Likupang.

“The hope is that, in addition to increasing investment, foreign tourists (foreign tourists) from China will also increase, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic,” Luhut said.

Luhut emphasized that the government will continue to promote and cooperate with various countries to attract investment to Indonesia, even though the Covid-19 pandemic still exists.

“We need to continue promoting and establishing cooperation so that after the Covid-19 pandemic, investment can immediately enter Indonesia quickly,” he said.

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The head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Bahlil Lahadalia, said that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a systemic, massive and structured economic impact around the world.

Lifestyle changes, he said, prompted the government and business world to evaluate and adjust new policies, which, of course, must be done quickly.

BKPM itself takes out-of-the-box approaches. Not only to capture new investment opportunities derived from company relocation, but also to solve stagnant investment problems.

The data shows that 74.8 percent of the 2020 investment goal of IDR 817.2 trillion has been met and the remainder are optimistic that it will be met by the end of the year.

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