Together, resurrect the transportation and tourism sectors from the downturn due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Minister of Transportation (Minister of Transportation) RI, Budi Karya Sumadi invites travel agent businesses to keep moving and innovating.
Quoted from page, Liputan6.com, The Minister of Transportation said that indeed this pandemic has made us slump, but we must take the lesson to keep moving to make meaningful breakthroughs and innovations.
The Minister of Transportation continued that there were restrictions on passenger capacity and other restrictions in the transportation sector, impact on the tourism sector. This is done as an effort by the government to suppress the spread of Covid-19 in Indonesia.
“We carry out restrictions on going home so that the movement is only 10 percent only. We also limit international flights, so that no more travel is chartered. This is done to ensure that our country is one that is serious in dealing with Covid-19," he added.
The Minister of Transportation said that with that sincerity, Indonesia is one of the countries that is considered to be rapidly rising compared to other Southeast Asian countries.
“Now the results look relatively better, compared to Malaysia and the Philippines are probably better than us only Vietnam and Singapore. This success should be celebrated,” he continued.
As explained by the Minister of Transportation in order to move the tourism sector, There are a number of developments and breakthroughs made by the Ministry of Transportation. Among them are making Kertajati Airport in West Java as the embarkation and debarkation of Umrah and Hajj flights for West Java and Central Java..
“Kertajati will operate normally in January next year, because the toll road will be finished soon,” explained the Minister of Transportation.
Talk about other Infrastructure, The Ministry of Transportation has also built a number of transportation infrastructure in a number of tourist destinations in Indonesia. Among them is building a new airport in Yogyakarta (YIA), Lombok to welcome the Moto GP event, Labuan Bajo and Manado.
“We are also building in Bali which is still the center of tourism destinations in Indonesia, by building Ports in Sanur and Nusa Penida and planning to build an airport in North Bali,” he said.
Next, The development of transportation infrastructure to support tourism is carried out with the state budget or in collaboration with the private sector (non-state budget creative funding).
“The steps taken are our efforts to revive the wheels of the economy from various sectors. As directed by the President that on the one hand the pandemic must be resolved, but on the other hand economic activity must also keep moving,” he said.
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