Sandiaga Appoints Lady Marsella To Be Indonesian Toilet Task Force Ambassador

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf) appointed the artist Lady Marsella to be the Ambassador of the Indonesian Toilet Task Force (Satgas) to fix toilets in Indonesia's tourism destination areas.

Reported by Antara, Thursday, February 25, the establishment of the Indonesian Toilet Task Force (STI) in various parts of Indonesia continues to be campaigned by the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno.

Lady Maesella said that her party would invite the disabled community to participate in the cleanliness and suitability and comfort campaign for people with disabilities.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Indonesian Toilet Task Force Anthoney Lau revealed that Lady Marsella was named the Ambassador of the Indonesian Toilet Task Force because of her high commitment and enthusiasm to fix toilets in tourism areas.

According to him, toilets can be a source of disease if they are not properly managed, especially now that the COVID-19 pandemic.

Therefore, the cleanliness of toilets in tourist areas is very necessary so that tourists can be free from infectious diseases such as diarrhea and COVID-19. The hope is that economic activities in tourism areas can grow again.

"We invite people to participate in campaigning on the importance of maintaining cleanliness in the toilets to be free from disease," said Anthoney.

The Indonesian Toilet Task Force was officially formed in early February by the Minister of Parekraf Sandiaga Uno. This task force will work in all tourism objects in Indonesia. This step was taken to maintain the cleanliness of the toilets and indirectly maintain the reputation of Indonesian tourism.

"The Indonesian Toilet Task Force, which we initiated is a concept for preparing tourist destinations not only in terms of visible infrastructure but also from supporting facilities in the form of toilets," Sandiaga said in his statement.

Sandi admits that he has seen several tourism destinations and has formed his own toilet task force. Kemenparekraf will leave it to their respective communities to run the toilet task force.