When Sandiaga met Luhut in Bali, he was asked to work right away to focus

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno met with Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in Bali.

Sandiaga said that during the meeting, Luhut relayed various addresses related to his current duties. First, consolidate the team to generate tourism after the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I just met with Mr. Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister of Marves. He transmitted several addresses, of course, the first is to work immediately to consolidate teamwork in our team, ”he said through a recording received on Sunday (12/27/2020).

“Also, make sure that the team that is now really fighting to reactivate tourism in the midst of the pandemic and open up job opportunities is a strong team and a team that has the same commitment,” he continued.

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Luhut also asked Sandiaga Uno to focus on 5 super priority tourist destinations. Namely Borobudur, Labuan Bajo, Mandalika, Lake Toba, and Likupang.

“Mr. Luhut asked to focus on five super priority destinations. And also according to Mr. President’s discussion, where we prepared and completed the five super priority destinations. Especially in terms of preparation, not only the infrastructure, but also all the Aspects of providing facilities and cultural attractions, accommodation, as well as in terms of bathrooms, and preparation for the destination of the tourist area, “said Sandiaga.

In essence, Sandiaga said, to jumpstart tourism during a pandemic, strong collaboration is needed.

“The truth is that amid the limitations of Covid-19, we collaborate a lot,” he said.

For more information, Sandiaga Uno, on Sunday (12/27/2020), made a working visit to Bali to review the implementation of the CHSE (K4) -based health protocol during the 2020 Christmas and New Year holidays.

In addition to reviewing the preparation of the destination, he also met with local government officials in Bali. They met to discuss and listen to the opinions and obstacles they have faced so that in the future the best tourism strategy can be formulated.

Regarding the plan to reopen the border in Bali, Sandiaga said it would discuss further with the governor of Bali and Luhut and other related parties.

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