Menparekraf Sandiaga Uno: RI-Singapore Potential Collaboration At A World Class Event

JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno revealed that his meeting with the Minister of Environmental Sustainability as well as Official of the Minister of Trade and Industry of Singapore Grace Fu resulted in the potential collaboration in bringing international-class events to Indonesia.

"I took the stairs; last March 8 met with the Minister of Sustainability of the Singapore Environment Grace Fu, there was the potential for collaboration to bring in an international-class event to Indonesia," Sandiaga said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, March 13.

Sandiaga said that there was a role for the government to take part. For example, the presence of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, in this case the Director General of immigration, who helped facilitate international musicians in acting in Indonesia through special visa facilities for international musicians or Music Performer Visa. In order to support the event industry (event) can run smoothly in Indonesia, he said that currently the government is working on Tourism Fund funds that can reach IDR 2 trillion. The government also facilitates licensing activities through one-door digitization which is a multi-party collaboration, which is currently in the testing phase. Meanwhile, from an infrastructure perspective, Indonesia has an infrastructure as a world-class concert location such as the Gelora Bung Karno stadium, which in the future will be improved so that access is easier. Meanwhile, regarding well-known artists who will be partnered with to hold concerts in Indonesia, Sandiaga welcomes the list of musicians in the stage to be finalized or finalized.

In addition to music concerts, Sandiaga acknowledged that there are other events that are also proposed to boost the country's economy which includes sports events (sport tourism), cultural arts and MICE. "This we must be able to attract visits to Indonesia because we want to have international-class activities that are able to move our economy," he concluded.