Accelerate DPSP Development Worth US$435.3 Million, Sandi Uno Asks The Authority To Change Status To A Tourism SEZ

Menparekraf screenshot Sandiaga Uno. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Uno hopes that the Tourism Authority will change its status to a Tourism Special Economic Zone (SEZ), so that it can attract more investment to support the development of tourism destinations.

"My hope is that the Tourism Authority can change its status to a Tourism SEZ so that its movement is more agile, faster to attract much larger investments so that the development and development of five super priority tourism destinations (DPSP) can be accelerated," he said virtually at the Investment Forum: 5 Super Priority Tourism Destinations quoted by Antara, Friday 9 September.

This hope was conveyed by Sandiaga because in total five DPSPs had withdrawn a total investment value of US$435.3 million.

"We should be proud that in total five super-priority destinations have attracted a total investment value of US$435.3 million," he said without elaborating on the origin and period of interest in the investment.

Sandiaga said 2022 is a momentum for the revival of the tourism sector. The reason is, in 2022, Indonesia managed to move up 12 places to 32th position in the release of the Travel and Tourism Development Index 2022.

This achievement also places Indonesia above Malaysia, Vietnam, and Thailand for the first time.

The former Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta believes that the development of five DPSPs, as the World Economic Forum (WEF) report, will be able to raise Indonesia's ranking because it prioritizes government policies for five super priority destinations and creates new world-class destinations in Indonesia, apart from Bali.

"Until economic equality is created and maximizes tourism resources in Indonesia," he said.